Being at the nexus of STEM, hip hop, and student identity,our work uses STEM and computer science to explore elements of Hip Hop with youth who are underrepresented in STEM and computer science. Students learn about the history of Hip Hop and also explore MCing/Rap, DJing, Graffiti art, and B-Boying. They are then provided opportunities to use STEM and computer science as tools of innovation and exploration by creating artifacts that relevant to hip hop. Below are examples of our published works including articles, conference presentations, and more.
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Publications
Champion, D. N., Tucker-Raymond, E., Millner, A., Gravel, B., Wright, C. G., Likely, R. Allen-Handy, A., & Dandridge, T. M. (2020). "(Designing for) learning computational STEM and arts integration in culturally sustaining learning ecologies", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 121 No. 9/10, pp. 785-804. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-01-2020-0018
Allen-Handy, A., Champion, D., Meloche, A., Millner, A., Miller, M., Wright., C., Dandridge, T., Likely, R., Gravel, B., & Tucker-Raymond, E. (Submitted). Black Girls Making Hip Hop within an Intersectional Computational and Dance Learning Ecology. ACM transactions on computing education: “Special Issue on Situating the Intersectional Experiences of Black Girls and Women in Computing & Technology.”
Conference Presentations
Champion, D., Wright, C., Tucker-Raymond, E., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R., Gravel, B., Millner, A. (Accepted, 2021). Designing Hip Hop Ecologies for Learning: Relational Approaches to Computation. American Educational Research Association, annual meeting
Gravel, B. (2021, February). Computational Making, Critical Relationality, and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. [Invited lecture]
Champion, D., Millner, A., Tucker-Raymond, E., Allen-Handy, A., Gravel, B., Wright, C., Dandridge, T., Meloche, A., Miller, M., Likely, R. (2021, January 28-February 1). Designing and Learning in Culturally Sustaining Spaces through Hip Hop, Stem, and Computing [Conference Presentation]. Science Education for Equity, Diversity and Social Justice Conference. https://sites.google.com/view/seedshome/seeds-home?authuser=0
Gravel, B., & Wright., C., (2021, January 28-February 1). “Just Like a Test, I Cram to Understand.” Exploring Approaches for Designing Culturally Sustained Ways for Assessing Computational Thinking & Making [Conference Wondering Session]. Science Education for Equity, Diversity and Social Justice Conference. https://sites.google.com/view/seedshome/seeds-home?authuser=0
Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Wright, C. G., Millner, A. D., Gravel, B. E., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R., & Dandridge, T. (2020). Exploring computational making through the sounds of hip hop. Paper accepted to the International Conference of the Learning Sciences annual meeting.
Wright, G. C., Champion, D. N., Tucker-Raymond, E., Gravel, B. E., Millner, A. D., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R. (2020). Using culturally sustaining STEM+C learning environments to explore computational learning and identity. Accepted to the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting.
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