"I've felt out of place sometimes in STEM but my cultural roots say otherwise:" Latina college students' identity conundrums and opportunities in a science research internship

被引:2
作者
Spezza, Stephanie Batres [1 ]
Varelas, Maria [1 ]
Ashley, Mary V. [1 ]
Batista, Desiree [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Latinas; Identities; Cultural wealth; Counternarratives; Science research internships; MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS; COLOR; EDUCATION; WOMEN; IDENTIFICATION; UNDERGRADUATE; MATHEMATICS; EXPERIENCES; GENDER; SENSE;
D O I
10.1007/s11422-023-10198-9
中图分类号
G [文化、科学、教育、体育]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 04 ;
摘要
In this study, we explored (a) how Latina undergraduate students negotiated their multiple identities while participating in a research internship designed to create spaces that counter master narratives, and the forms of cultural wealth that were implicated in these identity negotiations, and (b) ways in which the various elements of the research internship impacted the student's identity negotiations. The theoretical framing brought together conceptions of identity and identity construction, the marginalization of Latin*s in science and science education and the master narratives shaping identity intersectionalities, and the creation of counter narratives that make use of multiple forms of community cultural wealth. Using phenomenology, we analyzed four Latina interns' work artifacts generated in various activities within each element of the research internship that aimed to provide Latin* students with opportunities to explore and build on their cultural assets while studying the monarch butterfly population in relation to milkweed restoration and utilization. We found that the research interns referred to different forms of cultural wealth as they grappled with their multiple identities and their intersectionalities, and the various science research internship elements offered different pathways for their grappling. The findings point to (a) structures at the macro- and micro-levels, and enduring master narratives and distal identities, that influence proximal identities and are implicated in identity conundrums; (b) the role of cultural wealth in creating productive spaces and places of science engagement and counter narratives; and (c) the explicitness needed in educational activities so that science students may engage with the intersectionalities of their multiple identities. En este estudio, exploramos (a) como las estudiantes latinas de licenciatura negociaron sus identidades multiples mientras participaban en una pasantia de investigacion disenado para crear espacios que contrarrestan narrativas maestras y las formas de riqueza cultural que fueron implicadas en estas negociaciones de identidad, y (b) las maneras en que los varios elementos de la pasantia de investigacion impactaron las negociaciones de identidad de las estudiantes. El marco teorico reunio concepciones de identidad y construccion de la identidad, la marginalizacion de los latinos en ciencias y educacion de ciencias y las narrativas maestras formando identidades que dan forma a las interseccionalidades de la identidad, y la creacion de contra narrativas que hacen uso de multiples formas de riqueza cultural comunitaria. Utilizando la fenomenologia, analizamos los artefactos de trabajo de cuatro latinas internas generados en varias actividades dentro de cada elemento de la pasantia de investigacion dirigido a proveer a estudiantes latin*s oportunidades para explorar y construir sus bienes culturales mientras estudiaban la poblacion de la mariposa monarca en relacion con la restauracion del algodoncillo y su utilizacion. Encontramos que las internas de investigacion refirieron diferentes formas de riqueza cultural mientras luchaban con sus identidades multiples y sus interseccionalidades, y los varios elementos de las pasantias de investigacion cientifica ofrecieron diferentes caminos para su aferramiento. Los hallazgos apuntan a (a) las estructuras a nivel macro y micro, y a las narrativas maestras duraderas y a las identidades distales, que influyen las identidades proximales y estan implicadas en acertijos de identidad; (b) el papel de la riqueza cultural en la creacion de espacios y lugares productivos para compromiso cientifico y contra narrativas; y (c) la explicitacion necesaria en las actividades educacionales para que los estudiantes de ciencias se comprometan con las interseccionalidades de identidades multiples.
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页数:31
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