Developing Students' Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent in Rural After-School Settings: Rural Educators' Affordances and Barriers

Autor/inn/en	Ihrig, Lori M.; Assouline, Susan G.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Lynch, Stephanie G.
Titel	Developing Students' Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent in Rural After-School Settings: Rural Educators' Affordances and Barriers
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 45 (2022) 4, S.381-403 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ihrig, Lori M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
DOI	10.1177/01623532221123786
Schlagwörter	Middle School Teachers; Rural Schools; Middle School Students; Talent Development; Talent Identification; STEM Education; After School Education; Enrichment Activities; Barriers; Affordances + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Begabtenförderung; Talentförderung; Begabtenanalyse; Talentsuche; STEM; After-school programs; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Bereicherungsprogramm
Abstract	This study uses a naturalistic inquiry approach to investigate how rural educators navigate the affordances and barriers of implementing an out-of-school program to identify and develop middle school STEM talent in rural communities. At the time of this study, the STEM program was in its fourth year of implementation. Participants included 34 educators and 324 students in Grades 6-8 across 10 school districts in a predominately rural state. We used maximum variation purposive sampling to select 3 of the 10 districts as case study sites. The cross-case analysis resulted in the themes of (a) exercising local control, (b) expanding community for advanced STEM learning, and (c) leveraging the intersectionality of rurality, local agency, and expanded resources. One implication is that when supported with resources, rural educators will leverage the systems of their schools and communities to create robust ecosystems for advanced STEM talent development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01