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Carlone, Heidi B.; Kimmel, Sue; Tschida, Christina – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
This is an ethnographic study of a newly created math, science, and technology elementary magnet school in a rural community fiercely committed to cultural preservation while facing unprecedented economic instability brought on by massive loss of manufacturing jobs. Our goal was to understand global- and community-level contexts that influenced…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Preservation, Cultural Maintenance, Ethnography
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Brandt, Carol B.; Shumar, Wesley; Hammond, Lorie; Carlone, Heidi; Kimmel, Sue; Tschida, Christina – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
Schooling and science education are embedded within larger socio-cultural, political and economic contexts, influenced by global flows of capital, labor, ideas, and images. In this article we consider the ways in which ethnography traces the web of interactions (circuits), in a rural community and the ways that science inquiry was associated with…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Values Education, Science Education, Rural Areas