Collaborative Learning Tools To Foster Inclusive Participation and Sense of Belonging in a Microbiology Outreach Partnership.

ABSTRACT: For secondary outreach programs to meet the goals of enhancing science education and attracting future scientists from underrepresented populations, we need an inclusive approach that integrates students' knowledge and experiences in the process of doing science. I present three pedagogical tools designed by developing equitable, inclusive collaboration among microbiologist outreach mentors and high school biology students. These activities aim to foster a sense of belonging in a scientific community and serve as an entry point to the practice of inclusion. Over a one-semester course at an alternative high school, ten secondary students and their scientist mentors met weekly to design and conduct microbiology experiments together. This group of students and scientists participated in struc

SUBMITTER: Sprowls ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7148154 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature