ERIC Number: EJ837090
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-560X
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Visualizing Culturally Relevant Science Pedagogy through Photonarratives of Black Middle School Teachers
Goldston, M. Jenice; Nichols, Sharon
Journal of Science Teacher Education, v20 n2 p179-198 Apr 2009
This study situated in a Southern resegregated Black middle school involved four Black teachers and two White science educators' use of photonarratives to envision culturally relevant science pedagogy. Two questions guided the study: (1) What community referents are important for conceptualizing culturally relevant practices in Black science classrooms? and (2) How do teachers' photonarratives serve to open conversations and notions of culturally relevant science practices? The research methodologically drew upon memory-work, Black feminism, critical theory, visual methodology, and narrative inquiry as "portraiture." Issues of positionality and identity proved to be central to this work, as three luminaries portray Black teachers' insights about supports and barriers to teaching and learning science. The community referents identified were associated with church and its oral traditions, inequities of the market place in meeting their basic human needs, and community spaces.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Oral Tradition, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods, African American Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers, Teaching Conditions, Science Teachers, Science Education, Science Instruction, Portraiture, Photography
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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