Revolutionary STEM Education

Jeremiah J. Sims, Director of Equity for the College of San Mateo, was born in Oakland and raised in Richmond, California. As a result of his own life experiences, Jeremiah has devoted his career to the pursuit and ultimate realization of educational equity for hyper-marginalized students. Jeremiah is an alumni of the University of California, Berkeley where he earned a B.A. in rhetoric, with honors, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in education. Jeremiah has contributed to research that details the efficacy of a critical-reality pedagogical approach to STEM education as well as education, writ large.

• Preface – Acknowledgements – Do it for the culture – Male aptitudes nurtured for unlimited potential – Cutting straight the truth: Interrogating White supremacist-based racism’s role in perceptions of Black maleness – Standing in the gap: Black boys and STEM – Changing the game: The role of critical contextualization and socio-academic synergy in developing STEM identities – Showing out: Developing competencies in STEM and beyond – STEM for good: Creating socio-academic synergy for the development of socially just applications of STEM – Love conquers fear: The efficacy of critical-reality pedagogy at MAN UP – It takes a village: Highlighting the indispensability and strength of the three-fold cord – The revolution will be digitized – Final consideration (Epilogue) – Appendix A: Pre/post identification survey – Appendix B: Manhood survey and rhetorical analysis concept inventory – Appendix C: MAN UP yearend program satisfaction survey (YPSS) – Appendix D: Teacher interview questions – Appendix E: Yearend focus group and individual interview prompts – Index.

“At this particular historical moment, when the national security state has forced humanity to claw its way out of the structurally generated vaults of inhumanity, Jeremiah J. Sims has penned a book that addresses one of the key features of this inhumanity, the vicious attacks on black males in a country that has fallen prey to new species of racism against people of color. Calling for a dramatic shift in STEM pedagogy for black males that combines critical-reality pedagogy, critical race theory, and innovations that cut across the field of urban education, Sims cultivates a pathfinding approach to social justice. Join his paradigm-shifting revolution by reading this book.”—Peter McLaren, Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, Donna Ford Attallah College of Education, Chapman University; Author of Pedagogy of Insurrection