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Macias, Meghan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With school populations across the country becoming increasingly representative of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, new considerations must be made to promote equitable and engaged science learning for all students (National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine [NAEEM], 2011).…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Standards, Science Curriculum
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Thadani, Vandana; Cook, Melissa S.; Griffis, Kathy; Wise, Joe A.; Blakey, Aqila – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2010
Low-income and minority students in the U.S. are disproportionately subjected to didactic, teacher-controlled instruction--a phenomenon called "the pedagogy of poverty" (Haberman, 1991). This study examined the role that curriculum-based interventions could play in addressing these equity issues in science education. Eight teachers from…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Intervention, Poverty, Student Diversity