Preparing to Teach Middle-Level Science in the 1990s: Embedding Science Instruction in an Awareness of Diversity.

McGinnis, J. Randy

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ERIC Number: EJ507416

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Preparing to Teach Middle-Level Science in the 1990s: Embedding Science Instruction in an Awareness of Diversity.

McGinnis, J. Randy

Journal of Science Teacher Education, v6 n2 p108-11 Spr 1995

Discusses the use of four strategies in a science methods class that demonstrate how to use diversity to improve middle school science instruction. The strategies include sharing teacher/learner backgrounds to promote the notion of a class community, using case study, using multicultural scenarios, and using case study combined with video interview. (LZ)

Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Junior High Schools, Methods Courses, Middle Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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