Proposed STEM Education Program

Boxing as a way into S.T.R.E.A.M.

Saturday classes would break boxing into fitness, food preparation, and kinetics, and use that “sweet science” alongside reading, science, and mathematics. A program like this was not easy to find, so it can be built as part of the Catalyst Initiative.

The next measurement goal is self-concept and self-esteem: a baseline when a young person starts, and another measure after they win their first tournament. That record would also support grant writing and grant management, and a later peer-reviewed write-up of the dissertation findings.

On the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, Black students at Hinds Community College’s Raymond Campus scored higher than white students among developmental students. Other studies reviewed found no difference. The working theory is that sharing the story as a Black male Ph.D. candidate helped Black students identify with the presenter and enter a stronger self-concept frame. That remains a theory.

Keep Swinging Boxing and Fitness has anecdotal evidence that boxing training and healthy weight management raise self-concept or self-esteem. The program needs a way to capture that data and to engage young people in youth diabetes, youth violence, and youth dropout. Example Saturday topics:

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