I think sometimes I think too naively about it's one or the other. And the ways in which that our curriculum really does need to change so that we're shaping the morality as we're also building expertise and skills. There is some amazing research being done right now in K-12, looking at youth's understandings of STEM. So science and social justice are inextricably intertwined.
Tatiane Russo-Tait shares about equity and social justice in STEM education on episode 471 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
My dad told me that I needed to get my education and that education is the only path to liberation for folks like us.
-Tatiane Russo-Tait
I almost dropped out.
-Tatiane Russo-Tait
I was thinking about teaching so that I could be a role model and disrupt classroom spaces to be more welcoming and supportive.
-Tatiane Russo-Tait