STEM “On-the-Job”: The Role of Summer Youth Employment Programs in the STEM Learning Ecosystem
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| Publicado en: | Education Sciences vol. 15, no. 8 (2025), p. 1061-1081 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Thomas, Akiva |u Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA | |
| 245 | 1 | |a STEM “On-the-Job”: The Role of Summer Youth Employment Programs in the STEM Learning Ecosystem | |
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| 520 | 3 | |a Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) operate in most major U.S. cities and are known to build social–emotional and job skills in youth while reducing crime. Integrating STEM learning and summer employment offers a promising way to increase youth engagement in STEM—and allow leaders to access funding not typically used for education. Using a connected learning framework, we examined how STEM-focused SYEPs support STEM pathways, the practices they implement, and their connections with schools. Our study explored 10 diverse STEM programs (e.g., robotics, renewable energy, coding) within a citywide employment initiative in summer 2015. Through 22 staff interviews and focus groups with 59 youth, we found that these programs provided meaningful and engaging STEM experiences. They combined interest-driven exploration with hands-on, real-world learning in supportive environments. Many included mentors from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. While collaboration with schools was generally limited to recruitment and shared facilities, opportunities for deeper partnerships were evident. Our findings led to a list of ten promising practices for STEM-focused SYEPs. This study underscores the importance of lifelong, lifewide, and connected approaches to STEM learning through summer employment initiatives. | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Delale-O’Connor Lori |u Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; lori.delale-oconnor@pitt.edu (L.D.-O.); emt88@pitt.edu (E.T.) | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Thurston, Emily |u Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; lori.delale-oconnor@pitt.edu (L.D.-O.); emt88@pitt.edu (E.T.) | |
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