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Abstract
Teachers and students bear the brunt of enacting K–12 engineering while having little input into engineering practices or values. In this reflective essay, a high school engineering teacher and an engineering education researcher reflect on a class bridging engineering and social justice. We describe the development of politicized trust with each other and students while partnering around shared commitments at a predominately Black school (e.g., Vakil et al., 2016). We also explore challenges in decentering conceptions of engineering derived from depoliticized, exclusionary practice. We demonstrate an urgent need to center educators and students from marginalized identities in formal engineering education.
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Rathi, S.,
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Handley, J.
(2025).
Imagining Better: Requiring Trust and Imagination in Formal Engineering Education.
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 14(1), Article 6.
https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1416
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