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

佐治亚理工学院数字媒体计划正在举办一次研讨会并开发一个网站，以促进学习科学界研究非正式学习的研究人员、与STEM相关的非正式学习环境(ILE)的从业人员以及其作品纳入STEM概念的专业艺术家之间的合作。该讲习班探讨了如何利用文化情境、以艺术为基础的学习(ABL)、非正式STEM学习和数字媒体的交集，在代表性不足的少数群体(URM)中创造更高的STEM兴趣、动机和学习。研讨会探讨了结合文化背景的设计工具(CSDT)、当代艺术和手工艺以及STEM概念作为吸引URM学习者参与STEM的一种手段的可能性。研讨会的主要目标是在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的概念。讲习班的另一个目标是建立一个专业社区，促进对文化背景设计战略的潜在影响的了解，并提出以艺术为基础的学习和研究，使更多不同的受众参与和了解STEM。

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.