Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning in STEM for Underserved Students with Behavioral Challenges
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Behavioural Challenges, Culturally Responsive Education, Social-Emotional Learning, STEM, Underserved StudentsAbstract
This study examines integrating culturally responsive social-emotional learning in STEM education to enhance the learning for underserved students, particularly students facing behavioural challenges. The key research question that is explored involves seeking out beneficial SEL interventions that are culturally relevant but also challenging for students, and how STEM can be used to augment resilience, success. This review critically examines reliable and credible existing journals and materials on culturally responsive SEL in STEM. Results from the gathered journals and materials formed the dataset for this review. Document analysis technique was utilised, and findings were presented thematicall.. Findings show that, culturally responsive SEL integrated into STEM education can meet both the emotional and academic needs of underserved students. Culturally relevant SEL can assist these students in the development of the social-emotional competencies to be successful in the classroom, in school, and beyond.. Insight drawn from peer-reviewed literatures also reveal that incorporating diverse perspective, building strong relationships, and developing emotional literacy, among others are the key strategies to employ for the implementation of culturally responsive SEL in STEM for underserved students with behavioural challenges. However, one key challenge lies in the fact that teachers will need to be given professional development that provides them with knowledge of students’ backgrounds and enables them to incorporate these strategies into an effective SEL in STEM education.
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