Workshop Proposal: Advancing STEM Through Culturally Situated Arts-Based Learning

该格鲁吉亚技术数字媒体计划正在进行一个研讨会，并开发一个网站，促进研究人员在学习科学社区谁研究非正式学习，从业者在干相关的非正式学习环境（ILEs），和专业艺术家的工作纳入干的概念之间的合作。本次研讨会探讨了如何利用文化背景，艺术为基础的学习（ABL），非正式STEM学习和数字媒体的交叉点，在代表性不足的少数民族（URM）中创造更高的兴趣，动机和学习。 该研讨会探讨了将文化定位设计工具（CSDTs），当代艺术和手工艺以及STEM概念相结合的潜力，作为让URM学习者参与STEM的一种手段。研讨会的主要目标是让STEM和ABL专家，专业艺术家和文化从业者之间进行对话，他们的工作通过其内容，方法和技术实施整合了STEM概念。 研讨会的另一个目标是建立一个专业社区，可以促进对文化定位设计策略的潜在影响的理解，并提出基于艺术的学习和研究，可以将STEM的参与和理解扩展到更多样化的受众。

The Georgia Tech Digital Media program is conducting a workshop and developing a website that fosters collaborations among researchers in the learning sciences community who study informal learning, practitioners in STEM-related informal learning environments (ILEs), and professional artists whose work incorporates STEM concepts. This workshop explores how the intersection of culturally-situated, arts-based learning (ABL), informal STEM learning, and digital media can be leveraged to create higher interest, motivation and learning in STEM among under-represented minorities (URMs). The workshop investigates the potential for combining culturally-situated design tools (CSDTs), contemporary art and crafts, and STEM concepts as a means to engage URM learners in STEM. The primary goal of the workshop is to engage a dialog among STEM and ABL experts, professional artists and cultural practitioners whose work integrates STEM concepts through its content, methodology, and technological implementation. Another goal of the workshop is to develop a professional community that can advance understanding of the potential impacts of culturally-situated design strategies and to present arts-based learning and research that can extend participation and understanding of STEM to more diverse audiences.