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5202 University Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
#UMSEHD #CEWRCThe Community and Educational Well-being Research Center (CEWRC) invites you to the 2022-2023 Speaker Series continuing this spring with the last of our seven-part series for an interactive and lively discussion.
The CEWRC seeks to promote the emotional, educational, and physical well-being of all children and families. As part of the School of Education and Human Development, the CEWRC strives to work with diverse and under-resourced communities, to support individuals who dedicate their lives to helping others, and to ensure that our work is always culturally informed, and evidence based.
Zahra Hazari
Professor, STEM Education
Florida International University
Topic: Leveraging Counternarratives and Counterspaces to Facilitate the Physics Identity Development of Women
In the US, nearly half of students taking physics in high school are women, but women represent only a fifth of the students interested in physics majors in college. This issue has persisted over decades despite numerous studies and programs focused on addressing the underrepresentation of women in physics. Given that patterns of participation are consequences of cultural issues driven by the historically androcentric construction of physics as a field, it is necessary to understand and disrupt dominant narratives and practices that marginalize women and other minoritized groups. Two strategies that have been used to resist marginalizing narratives and practices in physics are counternarratives and counterspaces. This talk will present some of the theory and research evidence regarding how these strategies support women’s physics identity development and future physics intentions. Furthermore, it will describe how these evidence-based strategies are being used by physics educators as part of the STEP UP project, a national campaign which has grown to include a network of more than three thousand physics teachers, faculty, students, and community members, to inspire a new generation of women physicists. (Supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1720810, 1720869, 1720917, and 1721021).
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Reception: 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
In person / virtual
Appetizers and refreshments will be served.
Merrick Building
5202 University Drive, Suite 318
Coral Gables, FL 33146
RSVP by Friday, March 24, 2023.
For more information, contact Mary Avalos, CEWRC director, at mavalos@miami.edu.
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Topic: Community and Educational Well-being Research Center Speaker Series with Dr. Zahra Hazari
Time: Mar 28, 2023 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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