ERIC Number: EJ1324474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 7
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STEM Education Needs STEM Talk: Lessons Learned from an After-School Enrichment Program with Multilingual Children
Bose, Frances Nebus; Lynch, Megan E.; Zembal-Saul, Carla
Science and Children, v59 n2 p38-44 Nov-Dec 2021
Multilingual children learning English often receive inequitable curriculum, instruction, and assessment opportunities in preK-5 schools where English is the dominant language of instruction. There is an even more prevalent gap when also considering access to high quality STEM learning opportunities. Why is STEM enrichment for multilingual children critical, even during a pandemic? STEM in early/elementary education can offer deep, productive content to engage all children and build on their lived experiences. Through after-school enrichment where multilingual children can make their thinking visible by using multimodalities (e.g., gestures, visually sharing with detachable web camera) and with multilingual language scaffolding, more equitable STEM learning opportunities are possible. In this article, the authors share an example from a STEM investigation in an after-school program and provide recommendations for classrooms based on what was learned.
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Enrichment Activities, Bilingual Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities, Teacher Student Relationship, Video Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) (ED)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: T365Z160311
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