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.

“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

• 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.