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Brown, Bryan A.; Cooks, Jamal; Cross, Keith – Science Education, 2016
This study used the construct of "lyricism" as an instructional practice to explore the identity connections and cognitive learning potential embedded in instruction in a culturally relevant context. Through a 5-week mixed methods study of students using the principles of lyricism (e.g., metaphor, double entendre, personification,…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Mixed Methods Research, Educational Principles, Figurative Language
Brown, Bryan A.; Spang, Eliza – Science Education, 2008
This research project explores the language practices that emerged as a teacher taught a lesson designed to promote science literacy development for traditionally underrepresented students. This ethnographic study of a Detroit, Michigan, school examined the teacher's use of science language and its influence on students' use of science language.…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Scientific Literacy, Minority Groups
Contextual Shifting: Teachers Emphasizing Students' Academic Identity to Promote Scientific Literacy
Reveles, John M.; Brown, Bryan A. – Science Education, 2008
This research presents a case study of two teachers' emphasis on students' academic identity as a means of facilitating their science literacy development. These cases support a theoretical position that deconstructs the notion of normative science literacy into its constitutive components: (a) being scientific and (b) appropriating its literate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Figurative Language, Scientific Literacy, Classrooms