Access Needs: Centering Students and Disrupting Ableist Norms in STEM

Autor/inn/en	Reinholz, Daniel L.; Ridgway, Samantha W.
Titel	Access Needs: Centering Students and Disrupting Ableist Norms in STEM
Quelle	In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 20 (2021) 3, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-7913
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Student Centered Learning; Social Bias; Social Discrimination; Students with Disabilities; STEM Education; Accessibility (for Disabled); Social Justice; Science Laboratories; Active Learning; Synchronous Communication; Videoconferencing; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; STEM; Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Aktives Lernen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	This essay describes the concept of access needs as a tool for improving accessibility in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education broadly, from the classroom, to research group meetings, to professional conferences. The normalization of stating access needs and creating access check-ins is a regular practice used in disability justice activist circles, but it has not yet been normalized in STEM education spaces. Just as normalizing the use of pronouns has been an important step for supporting gender justice, we argue that normalizing access talk is an important step for advancing disability justice in STEM fields. Moreover, we argue that all individuals have access needs, regardless of whether they are disabled or nondisabled. We provide concrete suggestions and techniques that STEM educators can use today. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01