According to Persaud-Sharma and Burns (2018), Native Americans are the lowest demographic groups pursuing STEM fields and/or higher education. Why is that? Are there any supports to help youths explore STEM education?
I have found some sources on mentorship programs, Indigenous-Led Culturally Based Programs, and recruitment programs for promoting STEM fields for First Nations youths and adults but I wonder how technologies are being used in these different programs. Can social media and/or other learning technologies used to provide culturally neutral STEM education? This is an area I would like to explore further throughout the course.
Sources:
https://thenewswheel.com/stellantis-honored-for-recruiting-indigenous-stem-employees/
https://carleton.ca/engineering-design/story/virtual-ventures-2021-spring-summer-camps/
https://www.actua.ca/en/programs/instem/
References
Borden, L. L., & Wiseman, D. (2016). Considerations From Places Where Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing Circulate Together: STEM as Artifact of Teaching and Learning. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 16(2), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/14926156.2016.1166292
Persaud-Sharma, D., & Burns, J. (2018). First Nations People: Addressing the Relationships between Under-Enrollment in Medical Education, STEM Education, and Health in the United States. Societies (Basel, Switzerland), 8(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8010009