Designing Tactile Picture Books: Critical Making in Libraries to Broaden Participation in STEM Education and Careers
This Learning and Research Center will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by developing an innovative approach to using library Makerspaces to link literacy, career awareness, and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Middle and high schools students from groups underrepresented in science, including visually imp