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ERIC Number: EJ615575
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Culture of Power and Science Education: Learning from Miguel.
Barton, Angela Calabrese; Yang, Kimberly
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v37 n8 p871-89 Oct 2000
Discusses the need for science educators to understand the relationship between cultural and socioeconomic issues and the science education of inner-city students. Studies a homeless family in a major metropolitan area in the Northeast and frames the analysis through the pedagogical questions of representation of science through culture, socioeconomic status, and culture capital. (Contains 53 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Ethnicity, Minority Groups, Natural Sciences, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science for All Americans