Explorations of Culture and Diversity in the Science of Learning: The Case of How People Learn Science

Friday, October 12, 2012: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
603 (WSCC)
Chair:
James Banks, PhD, Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington - Seattle

Description: The interdisciplinary science of learning field spans psychology, anthropology, education, neuroscience, linguistics and computer science. However, cultural perspectives attending to dimensions of human difference have only recently been broadly pursued. This session will provide a contemporary overview of how, why, and where people learn about the natural world.



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Navigational Pedagogies: Seeing and Engaging Indigenous and Western Epistemologies in STEM learning
Megan Bang, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington - Seattle
10:40 AM
The Cultural Foundations of How, Why and Where People Learn Science: Recent Developments & Future Opportunities
Philip Bell, PhD , Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education , University of Washington - Seattle
11:00 AM
Cultural practices and argumentation: Implications for engaging youth in scientific argumentation
Leah Bricker, PhD , Research Scientist , University of Michigan
11:20 AM
Exploring issues of power and race in environmental education
Carrie Tzou, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington - Bothell