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Teaching in an Open Village: A Case Study on Culturally Responsive Computing in Compulsory Education
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Lachney, Michael; Bennett, Audrey G.; Eglash, Ron; Yadav, Aman; Moudgalya, Sukanya – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background: As teachers work to broaden the participation of racially and ethnically underrepresented groups in computer science (CS), culturally responsive computing (CRC) becomes more pertinent to formal settings. Objective: Yet, equity-oriented literature offers limited guidance for developing deep forms of CRC in the classroom. In response, we…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Computer Science Education, Equal Education, Case Studies
Tensions Teaching Science for Equity: Lessons Learned from the Case of Ms. Dawson
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Braaten, Melissa; Sheth, Manali – Science Education, 2017
When teachers engage in forms of science teaching that disrupt the status quo of typical school science practices, they often experience dilemmas as problems of practice that are difficult--or even impossible--to solve. This instrumental case study examines one teacher's efforts to teach science for equity across two contexts: a public middle…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Science Teachers
Towards Self-Recovery: Cultivating Love with Young Women of Color through Pedagogies of Bodymindspirit
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Cariaga, Stephanie – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2019
Seeking to meet Freire's (Pedagogy of freedom: ethics, democracy, and civic courage, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 1987) call to enact a critical pedagogy of love, this article explores how one urban teacher/researcher engages in pedagogy that supports students to heal from internalized oppression towards what bell hooks (Talking back:…
Descriptors: Females, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Intimacy
Shayla: A Portrait of the Schooling Experiences of an Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Youth
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Rogers, Carrie; McLendon, Ashley – Multicultural Perspectives, 2015
Native youth have complex schooling experiences. To better understand Indigenous youths' experience in public schools and in order to inform schooling practices and teacher preparation for both Native and non-Native teachers we share this portrait of Shayla. Through this research, particularly in the use of portraiture to document…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Experience, Rural Areas, Middle School Students
Developing Professional Teacher Researchers: Transforming Language Learning through Discourse Analysis
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Troiano, Beverly – ProQuest LLC, 2012
I conducted a two-year case study of a cohort of two middle school mainstream teachers, one a mathematics and science teacher and the other a language arts teacher, and one elementary teacher involved in the LSciMAct ("Transforming Literacy, Math and Science Through Participatory Action Research") professional development project. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Middle School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
A Study of Designing an Inquiry-Based Unit in Mathematics and Science
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Dyjur, Patti; Li, Qing – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2010
This paper looks at the design process of an inquiry-based mathematics and science unit in two urban grade nine classes. Three teachers who teach in an urban, all-girls' junior high school collaborated with math/science and educational experts to design and implement the unit. Results showed the following: teachers needed to be flexible regarding…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Active Learning