Black Girls STEAMing Through Dance: Inspiring STEAM Literacies, STEAM Identities, and Positive Self-Concept

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Author(s): Ayana Allen-Handy (Drexel University, USA), Valerie Ifill (University of Akron, USA), Raja Y. Schaar (Drexel University, USA), Michelle Rogers (Drexel University, USA)and Monique Woodard (Drexel University, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 22
Source title: Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming From STEM to STEAM Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kelli Thomas (University of Kansas, USA)and Douglas Huffman (University of Kansas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2517-3.ch008

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / STEM Education

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Black Girls STEAMing through Dance (BGSD) leverages a transdisciplinary partnership among four Black women professors in urban education, dance, industrial/product design, and computing to engage Black girls in a STEAM-infused program to inspire STEAM literacies, STEAM identities, and positive self-concept. BGSD is in its third year of existence and operates across several contexts, including an after-school program for 7- to 12-year-old Black girls, a co-curricular mini course program for 5th and 6th grade girls, and a professional development course for teachers. This chapter highlights how the program was developed and how the use of dance to integrate STEAM is a promising platform to encourage engaged STEAM participation amongst underrepresented Black girls.

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