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Designing culturally situated playful environments for early STEM learning with a Latine community
Bermudez, Vanessa N. Salazar, Julie Garcia, Leiny Ochoa, Karlena D. Pesch, Annelise Roldan, Wendy Soto-Lara, Stephanie Gomez, Wendy Rodriguez, Rigoberto
Bermudez, Vanessa N.
Salazar, Julie
Garcia, Leiny
Ochoa, Karlena D.
Pesch, Annelise
Roldan, Wendy
Soto-Lara, Stephanie
Gomez, Wendy
Rodriguez, Rigoberto
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2023-07-06
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.06.003
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Children from underserved, minoritized, and immigrant families have less access to early out-of-school STEM learning opportunities. Playful Learning Landscapes increase the accessibility of early STEM learning in everyday public spaces (e.g., bus stops, grocery stores) by merging principles of guided play and STEM learning goals with local community's values. We used community-based design research to (1) identify Latine families’ funds of knowledge related to play, science, and math learning, and (2) create designs for playful environments merging families’ values and practices with guided play and STEM learning principles. Our design partners were 32 parents, primarily Spanish-speaking immigrant mothers from Mexico, and two directors of a local community organization. The design process consisted of co-design sessions, interviews, inductive thematic analysis, elaboration, playtest and feedback, and iteration. Our findings showed that familismo, heritage representation, and the meaning of community spaces influenced the ways families engaged in STEM learning and the learning environments they desired in their community. Moreover, families’ STEM practices were rooted in everyday experiences of playing cultural games, family food routines, and outdoor activities. Incorporating Latine parents in the design process and leveraging their funds of knowledge resulted in culturally situated designs aligned with playful and STEM learning principles. This study contributes to knowledge of Latine families’ values and practices that can help create home-community connections to strengthen children's learning.
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Vanessa N. Bermudez, Julie Salazar, Leiny Garcia, Karlena D. Ochoa, Annelise Pesch, Wendy Roldan, Stephanie Soto-Lara, Wendy Gomez, Rigoberto Rodriguez, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, June Ahn, Andres S. Bustamante, Designing culturally situated playful environments for early STEM learning with a Latine community, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Volume 65, 2023, Pages 205-216, ISSN 0885-2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.06.003.
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