ERIC Number: EJ1153658
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Sep
Pages: 15
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Science Learning and Teaching in a Creole-Speaking Environment
Lodge, Wilton
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v12 n3 p661-675 Sep 2017
The focus of this response to Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson's article, '"Its worth our time': A model of culturally and linguistically responsive professional development for K-12 STEM educators", is to underpin a pedagogy that encourages and provides opportunities for the use of non-standard language in the description and practice of science. I discuss this within the context of Jamaica and provide an alternative way of science teaching, one which promotes Jamaican Creole as a mode of instruction for classroom talk and printed material.
Descriptors: Creoles, Science Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica
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