Hello everyone!
After a rather long hiatus in blogging, I am back to sharing original content. The past 4-5 weeks were characterized by chaos and irregular sleep from me trying to juggle multiple final papers and project, plan my academic coursework for the next semester, carry out my part-time job responsibilities, and continue to plan for my upcoming wedding. Long story short, I needed to concentrate on my immediate life and put blogging on the back burner for a few weeks.
I’m planning a couple of “street smarts” entries for January, but today, I’m sharing with you a curricular final project called “Queering Science Education” that I carried out for one of my courses. I had a lot of fun attempting to queer the very traditional science education curriculum that exists in most schools. Please note that the aim of this project is not to prescribe a formula for a new curriculum but to challenge educators to dare to reimagine a science curriculum that dares to cross boundaries, that transcends binaries, that embraces complex identities and ways of knowing, and that brings back some “magic” or joy to doing science that is more inclusive of different learners, not just those who are “good at science” or who “excel at math.” In essence, this project was my attempt at disrupting all that is “normal” and “standard” about learning, teaching, and doing science in classrooms.
What I share in this curricular project is a collection of inspirational resources for educators and students alike. The resources are not my own, but the curation is my original work.
Enjoy!
Click on image above to access the site, or click here for “Queering Science Education.”