The Equitable Youth Outcomes Model helps you identify, understand and plan for supporting equitable outcomes.
Equitable outcomes (i) challenge, disrupt and transform dominant power relations and practices and (ii) meaningfully support young people from minoritised groups in gaining positive outcomes, feel welcome and have a sense of ownership within informal STEM learning.
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Equitable Youth Outcomes
Equitable Youth Outcomes Model for informal STEM learning
The Equitable Youth Outcomes Model for informal STEM learning
| Question starters (corresponding to the Equity Compass areas) | Youth Outcomes | |||
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| STEM capital | STEM identity work | Agency + | STEM trajectories | |
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To what extent was the status quo challenged, so that youth … CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO
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… experience informal STEM learning as disrupting and transforming what counts as STEM (beyond traditional content, skills and practices)? | … experience informal STEM learning as disrupting and transforming who counts in STEM (beyond traditional representations)? | … have opportunities and support to use STEM to challenge injustices and ‘make a difference’ through their contributions? | … feel supported towards socially just life trajectories? |
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To what extent have informal STEM learning practitioners worked with and valued minoritised communities, so that youth from these communities … WORKING WITH AND VALUING MINORITISED COMMUNITIES |
… feel that their knowledge, skills and experiences are recognised, valued and expanded? | … feel that their identities/ histories/communities are valued and represented? … have a sense of ownership and belonging within informal STEM learning and STEM? |
… feel that they have authority and are being heard? | … feel supported in their desired life trajectories, in STEM and beyond? |
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To what extent has equitable informal STEM learning practice been extended, so that … EXTENDING EQUITY |
… equitable youth outcomes are sustained over time (long-term)? … informal STEM learning supports not only individual but also wider equitable outcomes (e.g., for others, community, society)? |
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To what extent has equitable informal STEM learning practice been embedded, so that … EMBEDDING EQUITY |
… equitable youth outcomes are prioritised across the whole informal STEM learning organisation? | |||
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