Instruction in Nature of Science as a Multicultural Approach
1. Being explicit about science: Instruction in the nature of science as a multicultural approach A paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching Conference, Garden Grove, CA, April 17-20, 2009 Xenia Meyer and Barbara Crawford, Cornell University
Overview of presentation: Purpose: to present a new approach to science instruction drawing from multicultural education.
Considering the negotiation of cultural understandings in science with students from diverse cultural backgrounds Lipka, Mohatt & Cuilistet Group (1998) Aikenhead (1998); Jegede & Aikenhead (1999) Inquiry-based instruction with upper level middle school and high school ELL and non-mainstream students Bringing students’ diverse home cultural understandings and life-worlds into science learning along the lines of funds of knowledge Gonzalez, Moll, & Amanti (2001) Considering the negotiation of cultural understandings in science with students from diverse cultural backgrounds Lipka, Mohatt & Cuilistet Group (1998) Aikenhead (1998); Jegede & Aikenhead (1999) Inquiry-based instruction with upper level middle school and high school ELL and non-mainstream students Bringing students’ diverse home cultural understandings and life-worlds into science learning along the lines of funds of knowledge Gonzalez, Moll, & Amanti (2001)