ERIC Number: EJ768462
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jul
Pages: 16
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The Politics of Public Discourse: Discourse, Identity and African-Americans in Science Education
Brown, Bryan A.
Negro Educational Review, The, v56 n2-3 p205-220 Jul 2005
This review examines twenty years of research (1985-2005) on African-American students in science education. This analysis identified three types of research studies on African-Americans. First, a series of studies provided status reports of African-American students' performance in science. Second, a series of studies highlighted cultural discontinuities that existed between African-American students and the culture of science classrooms. A third series of studies called for the identification of cultural continuities that exist between African-American students' culture and science. The results of this review implicated scholars' failure to thoroughly explore the relationship between students' language, identity, and their influence on science learning. This review concludes with an analysis of how scholarship on African-Americans in science would benefit from incorporating a theoretical perspective that values the influence of African-American students' language practices on science learning. (Contains 2 footnotes and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Science Education, African American Students, Meta Analysis, Bibliometrics, African American Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Expressive Language, Language Styles, Politics of Education, Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement, Science Process Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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