Shoot For The Moon! The Mentors and the Middle Schoolers Explore the Intersection of Design Thinking and STEM
Description
This paper describes the journey of a group of university students as they worked with underserved middle school students as mentors in a STEM-based afterschool program. Design thinking provided a frame within which students learned how to be mentors, how to create user-centered learning experiences, and how to share their experiences as developing STEM professionals with middle school students.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
Type
Article
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Publication Website URL
Topic(s)
Informal Learning and Afterschool
STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development
Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM
Publication Year
2014