Wolff-Michael Roth

Angela Calabrese Barton

This volume proposes a new way to conceive of scientific literacy, as it has emerged from two research agendas that the authors have been pursuing independently but which have converged conceptually.

Rethinking Scientific Literacy

Margery D. Osborne

Jason L. Ermer

Tanahia A. Burkett-Benton

How might science education reflect the values of a socially just and democratic society? How do urban youth living in poverty construct science in their lives in ways that are enriching, empowering, and transformative? Using a combination of in-depth case studies and rigorous theory, this volume: Offers a series of teaching stories that describes youth’s practices of science, providing valuable insight to help teachers work with inner-city youth.Explores the importance of inclusiveness, membership rules, and the purposes and goals of good science, including utility, pragmatism, and doing good for others.Shows how science connects to the lives of youth both in and out of school. Builds on and critiques current reform initiatives in science education.Features stories taken from six years of teaching and research in after-school science programs with children and youth in homeless shelters.Illustrates how the children’s unique situations framed their constructions of science in compelling and challenging ways.

Teaching Science for Social Justice

Valarie L. Akerson

Julie A. Bianchini

Okhee Lee

Alberto J. Rodriguez

This volume takes on the vital tasks of celebrating, challenging, and attempting to move forward our understanding of equity and diversity in science education. Organized thematically, the book explores five key areas of science education equity research: science education policy; globalization; context and culture; discourse, language and identity; and leadership and social networking. Chapter authors -- emerging to established US science education scholars -- present their latest research on how to make science interesting and accessible to all students. The volume includes international voices as well: Scholars from around the world crafted responses to each section. Together, authors and respondents attempt to refine our methods for examining equity issues across classrooms, schools, and policies, and deepen our understanding of ways to promote equity and acknowledge diversity in science classrooms. Moving the Equity Agenda Forward is endorsed by NARST: A Worldwide Organization for Improving Science Teaching and Learning Through Research. The volume gains authority from the fact that it was edited by one current and four former chairs of NARST’s Equity and Ethics Committee.

Equity Research, Practice, and Policy in Science Education

Moving the Equity Agenda Forward

Edna Tan

In recent years, Maker-centered learning has emerged in schools and other spaces as a promising new phase of STEM education reform. With a sharp focus on equity, the authors investigate community-based STEM Making programs to determine whether, and how, they can address the educational needs of youth of color. They explore what it means for youth to engage in making with the explicit goal of addressing injustices in their lives. The text features longitudinal ethnographic data and compelling examples that show how youth of color from low-income backgrounds innovate and make usable artifacts to improve their lives and their communities. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theory and practice of Making, STEM learning with adolescents, and equity in both formal and informal educational settings. “This much-needed book critically and constructively examines the stories of making and makers that have captured the public imagination.” —From the Foreword by Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania “This book offers a timely critical framing of STEM-rich making brought to life with vivid portraits of youth engaged in equitable and consequential learning in and across community settings.” —Beth Warren, Boston University “A critical framing of STEM-rich making brought to life with vivid portraits of youth engaged in equitable and consequential learning.” —Beth Warren, Boston University

Designing for Equity with Youth of Color

STEM-Rich Maker Learning

Bill Atweh

Renuka Vithal

Christine Keitel-Kreidt

Marcelo C. Borba

Noel Gough

Catherine Vistro-Yu

This book aims to develop theoretical frameworks of the phenomena of internationalisation and globalisation and identify related ethical, moral, political and economic issues facing mathematics and science educators. It provides a wide representation of views some of which are not often represented in international publications. This is the first book to deal with issues of globalisation and internationalisation in mathematics and science education.

Internationalisation and Globalisation in Mathematics and Science Education

Maura Varley Gutiérrez

Erin Turner

Argue that teachers and schools should create hybrid third spaces - neither classroom nor home - in which underserved students can merge their personal worlds with those of maths and science.

Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools

Annotation K-12 science teachers and science education professors, mostly from the US, present 12 essays addressing current debates over schooling, focusing on the need for liberatory education, the social construction of science and identity, and systems of race, class, and gender oppression and domination. Includes case studies in which a number of theoretical approaches are used in classroom practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Marginalized Discourses and Classroom Practice

Teaching Science in Diverse Settings

Angela Calabrese Barton

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