Changing the field

A Bourdieusian analysis of educational practices that support equitable outcomes among minoritized youth on two informal science learning programs

Bibliographic Data

ID21392837
AuthorsLouise Archer (0000-0002-0254-4234, Institute of Education University College London London UK, corresponding author), Spela Godec (0000-0002-9729-8549, Institute of Education University College London London UK), Angela Calabrese Barton (0000-0002-9555-5214, Educational Studies Department University of Michigan School of Education Ann Arbor Michigan USA), Ed Dawson (0000-0001-7152-6032, University College London Science and Technology Studies London UK), Ada Mau (0000-0001-9850-0908, Institute of Education University College London London UK), Uma Patel (0000-0003-4725-4924, Institute of Education University College London London UK)
Year2021
Volume105
Issue1
Pages166-203
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8326 • E-ISSN: 1098-237X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sce.21602
PMID34588711
OpenAlexW3096586735
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited58

Supporting more equitable participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) remains a key, persistent educational challenge. This paper employs a sociological Bourdieusian lens to explore how equitable youth outcomes might be supported through informal science learning (ISL). Drawing on multimodal, ethnographic data from four case study youth aged 11–14 from two ISL programs, we identify four areas of practice that were enacted to a greater or lesser extent in the programs in support of equitable youth outcomes. We identify how the equitable potential of these practices was realized through a disruption of dominant power relations. It is argued that ISL should focus on changing the field , rather than young people. Affordances and limitations of the Bourdieusian lens are discussed

Affordance · Ethnography · Field (mathematics) · Informal learning · Pedagogy · Political science · Power (physics) · Public relations · Science education · Sociology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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