NDLI: “Disorienting, fun or meaningful?”: looking beyond the boundaries of the museum

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Birmingham, Daniel
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	A growing body of research highlights how informal science learning environments (ISLE’s) can alter modes of participation in science for youth who are traditionally marginalized in science (Calabrese Barton and Tan in J Learn Sci 19(2):187–229, 2010). While these findings reveal successful examples of ISLE’s potential to bridge science and everyday life in powerful ways for traditionally marginalized youth, questions remain regarding the equitable access to designed learning environments such as museums for youth and families from these same communities (Feinstein and Meshoulam in J Res Sci Teach 51(3):368–394, 2014). In their article, Archer, Dawson, Seakins and Wong aptly attend to equity issues in designed ISLE’s and the notion of altering participation for youth and families from traditionally marginalized communities. In this response, I extend the conversation beyond the boundaries of the museum by (1) looking deeper into the issue of access and accessibility by discussing the collective experiences of marginalized youth across contexts and its impact on science participation and (2) arguing that altering participation requires transforming conceptions of learning and doing science that are often employed when designing and analyzing learning experiences for youth from traditionally marginalized communities.
Starting Page	953
Ending Page	958
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18711502
Journal	Cultural Studies of Science Education
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18711510
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-04-13
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Informal science Equity Transformation Science Education Sociology of Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cultural Studies

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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