ISLS 2026
Short Paper ✕ Sociocultural & Activity-Theory Frameworks ✕ Clear filters
Friday, June 19 · 3 sessions

8:00 AM

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Short Paper · ALP 1120

Creative expressions in diverse contexts

Six short papers examine creativity and creative learning across varied settings, from university students' creative identities and contemporary-art gallery talk to designing for caring professional noticing. Additional threads cover GenAI for K-12 creativity, teaching the complexity of immigration, and Native youth's relationships with digital storytelling.

Sociocultural & Activity-Theory Frameworks in a talk
6 talks
Short Paper · ALP 2600

Climate change and environmental education

Five short papers address climate and environmental education, including school-based climate activism, sustaining eco-hope amid eco-anxiety, and students' critical reasoning about climate information. Others examine teachers' expansive explanations of environmental justice and their framing of science topics.

Sociocultural & Activity-Theory Frameworks in a talk
5 talks
Short Paper · ALP 2700

Negotiating epistemology and sensemaking

Short papers on how students and children negotiate what counts as scientific knowledge, spanning explanation construction, epistemic disagreements in high school classrooms, and trust in scientific evidence. Talks also examine identity cues in STEM, support spaces in Japanese schools, and a model integrating behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism.

Sociocultural & Activity-Theory Frameworks in a talk
6 talks