The works shared below reflect several strands of my journey in graduate school.
I arrived interested in the role that creativity plays in science. I still find creativity and the power of appreciating an aesthetic perspective in science a fascinating area, and a fun continued collaboration with the Deep-Play Research Group, brain child of Dr. Punya Mishra.
I came to realize my desire to understand creativity was built from the value I place on the experiences and knowledge that youth bring into learning spaces from their out-of-school lives. My academic focus shifted to highlight a funds of knowledge framework, and the empowering potential of out-of-school spaces. I joined Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton's Invincibility Lab in taking up this critical exploration of STEM learning. I joined that team as a mentor / learner in community-based makerspace where I spend two nights a week. This research and practice partnership has informed the majority of my conference presentations.
I arrived interested in the role that creativity plays in science. I still find creativity and the power of appreciating an aesthetic perspective in science a fascinating area, and a fun continued collaboration with the Deep-Play Research Group, brain child of Dr. Punya Mishra.
I came to realize my desire to understand creativity was built from the value I place on the experiences and knowledge that youth bring into learning spaces from their out-of-school lives. My academic focus shifted to highlight a funds of knowledge framework, and the empowering potential of out-of-school spaces. I joined Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton's Invincibility Lab in taking up this critical exploration of STEM learning. I joined that team as a mentor / learner in community-based makerspace where I spend two nights a week. This research and practice partnership has informed the majority of my conference presentations.
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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Keenan-Lechel, S.F., Henriksen, D., Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2018). Creativity as a slide maze: An interview with Dr. James C. Kaufman. Tech Trends, 62(4), 1-6. Keenan, S. F., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2017). Organizational contexts and team creativity: An interview with Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon on innovation within organizations. Tech Trends, 61(4). Koehler, M. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J., & Keenan, S. F. (2017). What the Tech is Going on with teachers’ digital teaching portfolios? Using the TPACK framework to analyse teachers’ technological understanding. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 25(1), 31 – 59. Good, J., Keenan, S. F., & Mishra, P. (2016). Education:=Coding+ aesthetics; Aesthetic understanding, computer science education, and computational thinking. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 35(4), 313-318. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Keenan, S. F., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2016). Profiling scholars of creativity: Practicing the process with Dr. Michele Root-Bernstein. Tech Trends, 60(3), 200 – 203. Mehta, R., & Keenan, S. F. (2016) Research to practice: Why teachers should care about beauty in science education. I Wonder: Rediscovering School Science. Bangalore, India. Henriksen, D., Keenan, S. F., Richardson, C., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015, March). Play as a Foundational Thinking Skill & Trans-disciplinary Habit of Mind. Tech Trends, 59 (3), 5 – 10. Reprinted in Henriksen, D., with Contributions by the Deep-Play Research Group (2017). The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education. New York, NY: Springer. *please note the title of this article was misprinted in the journal, it's not really about Modeling |
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PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Mehta, R., Keenan, S. F., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (2019). Developing a rhetoric of aesthetics: The (often) forgotten link between art and STEM. In M. S. Khine, S. Areepattamannil, M .Melkonian (Eds.), STEAM education: Theory, research, and practice. United Arab Emirates: Emirates College for Advanced Education.
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. & Koehler, M. (2016). Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 977-984). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Keenan-Lechel, S. F. (2019, March). Centering out-of-school knowledge in STEM-based makerspaces. To be presented at the annual conference of the Michigan Science Teacher's Association. Grand Rapids, MI.
Keenan-Lechel, S.F., Calabrese Barton, A. (2018, March). Participatory reflections on student
funds of knowledge in middle school science. In D. W. Greenberg (Chair) Youth Leadership and Activism in / across STEM Learning Spaces. Symposium conducted at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, Georgia.
Keenan, S. F., Greenberg, D., Calabrese Barton, A. (2017, April). Youth tools of critical ethnography for sustainable community engineering practices. In H. Ballard (Chair) A Spectrum of Youth Participation in Research Across Sites/Uses: Toward Critical Equity Frameworks. Symposium conducted at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, Texas.
Keenan, S. F., Greenberg D. (2017, April) Creative Connections: Disrupting the Norm in a community-based makerspace. In E. Tan (Chair) Creative Resource Leveraging and Critical Mobilities in Equity-Oriented Makerspaces. Symposium conducted at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Calabrese Barton, A., Greenberg, D., Keenan, S. F. (2017, April). Critically Examining What We Mean by “Youth Voice” and “Agency” in STEM. In J. Weible (Chair) From Making to Agentic Participation: Perspectives on and Approaches to Fostering Epistemic Engagement in Making. Poster session conducted at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Keenan, S.F., Greenberg, D., Calabrese Barton, A. (2016, October). Equity in Makerspaces: Creative Resource Movement. In S. F. Keenan (chair) Digital Media and Learning Conference, Irvine, CA.
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J. (2016, March). Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Savannah, GA.
Good, J., Keenan, S.F., and Mishra, P. (2016, March). Education:=Coding+Aesthetics; Aesthetic Understanding, Computer Science Education, and Computational Thinking. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Savannah, GA.
Calabrese Barton, A., Greenberg, D., Keenan, S. F., Shin, M., Tan, E., and Calabrese Barton, S. (2016, February). Making4Change: Designing Equitably Oriented Makerspaces for Youth. Poster presented at the annual CREATE for STEM mini-conference, East Lansing, MI.
Mishra, P., Keenan, S. F., Mehta, R., & Henriksen, D. (2015, December). I Care About the Beauty in Science: Aesthetics in Scientific Practice and Pedagogy. Paper presented at epiSTEME 6, Mumbai, India.
Greenhalgh, S.P., Rosenberg, J.M., Keenan, S. F., & Koehler, M.J. (2015, November). An investigation of the use of digital portfolios for understanding educators’ technology knowledge. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Indianapolis, IN.
Boltz, L., Keenan, S. F., & Henriksen, D. (2015, March). Learning by Design Online, Best Practices. Presentation at the annual conference for SITE, Las Vegas, NV.
Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., Cain, W., DeSchryver, M., Fahnoe, C., Good, J., Keenan, S. F., Mehta, R., Richardson, C., & Terry, C. (2015, March). The Roots of Creativity: Transdisciplinary Skills Symposium. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Las Vegas, NV.
WHITE PAPER
Keenan, S. F. Aspiring Games Foundation. (2015). Report on junkyard spaces: An afterschool science program.
