3.2.3 Transdisciplinary Made Possible: When Gifted Education Meets Culturally Responsive STEAM Education
What does culturally responsive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education look like for gifted and talented students? This session demonstrates a professional learning project for general education teachers who want to provide challenging curricula for their advanced learners. The project equips teachers with the fundamental principles of gifted and talented curricula and instructions, STEAM education, and culturally responsive pedagogy. Teachers develop transdisciplinary curriculum units based on their areas of expertise, and university instructors facilitate their curriculum development and execution. Examples from the teachers will be shared. Participants will leave with knowledge about culturally responsive STEAM education so they can enhance their curricula for gifted education.
Author(s):
Debbie Troxclair
datroxclair@lamar.edu
Lamar University
United States
Debra A. Troxclair, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Lamar University and Interim-Department Chair of the Teacher Education Department where she teaches special education and gifted education courses. She has 20+ years of experience teaching at the K-12 level/university level and has supervised summer programs for gifted children. She is on the Advisory Committee for Teaching for High Potential and the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Education of the Gifted. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) TAG Division.
Chin-Wen Lee*
chinwen.lee@louisville.edu
University of Louisville
United States
Chin-Wen “Jean” Lee, Ph.D., is a clinical assistant professor of gifted and talented education in the Department of Special Education at the University of Louisville, United States. Her current research focuses on twice-exceptionality, underserved gifted learners, professional learning, and teacher education.
Sheron Mark*
sheron.mark@louisville.edu
University of Louisville
United States
Sheron Mark, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, USA. Her research Ph.D. on supporting the increased representation, active participation, and empowerment of non-dominant populations in STEM by understanding and promoting diverse and non-traditional means of STEM engagement, STEM identity development, and STEM career development, as well as supporting pre-service and in-service teachers in developing and enacting culturally responsive pedagogical strategies.