Dissertation
Bridging the gap between urban adolescent females of color and STEM: a hermeneutic phenomenological study
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Oct 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00000194
Abstract
There is a vast amount of literature documenting the need to diversify the United States science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and the need to recruit more skilled workers to fill STEM positions. One common theme among studies is the disproportionately low number of females of color in STEM educational programs and careers. Research continues to overlook the importance of females of color in STEM, particularly in terms of systemic and structural inequities in education and racial and ethnic and gender differences in the fields of STEM. This study will contribute to the neglected area by presenting findings from a qualitative study utilizing data from an out-of-school (OST) STEM program that targets mid (ages fifteen through seventeen) and late (ages eighteen through twenty-one) adolescent females of color in a northeastern city in the United States. This study explored the perspectives of urban adolescent females of color and how participation in an informal learning environment has shaped their STEM learning, participation in STEM activities, and persistent interest in pursuing STEM careers through the lens of critical race theory grounded in education and feminism, intersectionality, and situated learning theory.
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- Title
- Bridging the gap between urban adolescent females of color and STEM
- Creators
- Van Vu Cam Truong
- Contributors
- Alonzo M. Flowers (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xvi, 311 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991014743547804721