@inproceedings{b2d7779dc47342b1ba79d72635a14631,
title = "Designing Science Curricula That Disrupt Disciplinary Boundaries Towards Sociopolitical Change: A Middle School Life Science Unit",
abstract = "Supporting minoritized students' participation in a science requires designing expansive notions of what counts as doing and learning science. We present the design of a middle-school biology unit about stress and body system interactions that challenges the boundaries of disciplined science and promoting social change making through consequential learning. Four core axiological commitments shaped the design of the unit: a) expanding disciplinary practice by entangling mind, body, and environment; b) supporting students' rightful participation and expertise; c) recognizing the environment as politicized across scales; and d) supporting social change through allied political struggle. We describe how we embodied these commitments in the unit design and how they played out in the context of a 7th grade urban science classroom. This work provides another example of consequential learning environments and contributes to the theory and practice underlying their design.",
author = "Duncan, \{Ravit Golan\} and Rishi Krishnamoorthy and Edna Tan and Tasha Austin and Frieda Reichsman and Sugat Dabholkar and Ti'Era Worsley and Anhar Islam and Burrell Smithen and Jaya Joshi and Megumi Asada",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} ISLS.; 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 ; Conference date: 10-06-2023 Through 15-06-2023",
year = "2023",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "1138--1141",
editor = "Paulo Blikstein and \{Van Aalst\}, Jan and Rita Kizito and Karen Brennan",
booktitle = "ISLS Annual Meeting 2023",
address = "United States",
}