Here is a on going list of web resources I have gathered that focus on implementing a justice-centered approach in science class. (Last updated 6/17/20)
Curriculum
- STEM Teaching Tool #67: Focusing STEM Learning on Justice-Centered Phenomena.
- STEM Teaching Tools PD Module: Learning to See the Resources Students Bring to Sense-Making.
- Bevan, B. and K. Wingert. 2014. Science isn’t “settled”: Disrupting canonical science to engage more students. Relating Research to Practice.
- NSTA. 2020. Supporting equity in the classroom. Next Gen Navigator, Jan. issue.
- Indigenous Education Tools
- Illuminative. Native Education for All initiative.
People Doing Great things!
- Abolition Science is an anti-colonial project that envisions a science and math delinked from racial capitalism, imperialism, and oppression – a science and math that serves all people.
- Dallis The Science Diva – With over 15 years of classroom teaching experience, Dallis the Science Diva values and executes Science made clear and simple. Dallis the Science Diva blends classroom, museum and personal experiences to achieve learning outcomes. She eliminates the pressure of knowing the answer. Instead, the focus is on the process of discovery.
- Morales-Doyles, D. 2019. Justice‐centered science pedagogy with Daniel Morales-Doyle. NGSNavigators.
Books
- Bang, M., B. Brown, A. Calabrese Barton, A. Rosebery, and B. Warren. 2017. Toward more equitable learning in science. In Helping students make sense of the world using next generation science and engineering practices, eds. C. V. Schwarz, C. Passmore, and B. J. Reiser, 33–58. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press
Other Disciplines
- Disrupt Texts – a crowdsourced, grass roots effort by teachers for teachers to challenge the traditional canon in order to create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum that our students deserve. It is part of our mission to aid and develop teachers committed to anti-racist/anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices.
Selene Y. Willis, PhD 