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Building Belonging for Multiply Marginalized Neurodivergent Students in STEM Higher Education

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Abstract

Neurodivergent students often struggle with a sense of belonging, given barriers to self-advocacy, mental health, and social skills. This is even more challenging for multiply marginalized students, such women and people of color who are underrepresented in STEM programs. Exacerbating these problems is the dearth of effective professional development for helping STEM instructors better teach neurodivergent students. To prototype inclusive, effective training, we collected survey data from undergraduate STEM students about their experiences as neurodivergent students and what needs and recommendations they had for instructor practice. This short paper presents preliminary survey results and a theoretical curriculum approach for instructor professional development for neurodiversity in STEM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publicationBuilding Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages870-873
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330677
StatePublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2023Jun 15 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)1814-9316

Conference

Conference17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period06/10/2306/15/23

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