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Brotman, Jennie S.; Mensah, Felicia Moore – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2013
Studies across fields such as science education, health education, health behavior, and curriculum studies identify a persistent gap between the aims of the school curriculum and its impact on students' thinking and acting about the real-life decisions that affect their lives. The present study presents a different story from this predominant…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 12, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes
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Brotman, Jennie S.; Mensah, Felicia Moore; Lesko, Nancy – Science Education, 2011
Science education researchers increasingly focus on the use of controversial science topics in the classroom to prepare students to make personal and societal decisions about these issues. However, researchers infrequently investigate the diverse ways in which students learn about controversial science topics outside the classroom, and how these…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Science and Society, High School Students, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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Brotman, Jennie S.; Mensah, Felicia Moore; Lesko, Nancy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Sexual health is a controversial science topic that has received little attention in the field of science education, despite its direct relevance to students' lives and communities. Moreover, research from other fields indicates that a great deal remains to be learned about how to make school learning about sexual health influence the real-life…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Sexuality, Grade 12, Decision Making