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Responsible intra-action in a science center

Author: Jenny Ivarsson

Published in: Cultural Studies of Science Education | Issue 1/2019

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In this forum article, I reflect on the findings by Eva Silfver in Gender performance in an out of school science context. Silfver has studied a class of 14–15-year-old students during a visit to a science center. The students are supposed to write a computer program that will steer a Lego car. In their activities, Silfver identifies ruptures of discursive borders that are immediately followed by recoups. I interpret the results as an account of forces disturbing the systems that justify stereotypes. I draw on Karen Barad to examine some of the moments in Silfver’s study where a pedagogue is involved in reproducing gender stereotypes. Responsible intra-action is discussed in relation to gender performances and system-justification.

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Title: Responsible intra-action in a science center
Author: Jenny Ivarsson
Publication date: 18-02-2019
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cultural Studies of Science Education / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1871-1502
Electronic ISSN: 1871-1510
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-018-9876-y

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