Many science educators, in the US and elsewhere, suppport the idea that all students
should have fair and equal opportunities to become scientifically literate through authentic …

Despite the many hours students spend studying science, only a few relate to these subjects
in such a manner that it becomes a part of their essential worldview and advances their …

This article is a reflection on educational change in Euro-American contexts, undertaken as I
conclude two extensive empirical studies on minority student disengagement and strategies …

In this case study, we present opportunities science, technology, engineering, arts, and
mathematics (steam) education provided to a sixth-grade class. We collected observational …

This study offers important insights into the coexistence of multiple discourses and the link
between these discourses and science understanding. It offers concrete examples of …

One important challenge for researchers is to understand what happens inside classrooms
that make the environment available for children's learning. This study develops the margin …

Contemporary critiques of science education have noted that girls often fail to engage in
science learning because the activities lack relevance for them, and they cannot" see …

Service learning in teacher education is not new. Many of the most influential thinkers in
education and related fields, including Dewey and Freire, have advocated the idea of …

T necessity for using alternative practices in undergraduate content classrooms (Kussrow
1997). Cognitive modes of instruction typically regulate the acquiring of knowledge. If …

The purpose of this article is to report our findings from a qualitative study intended to
develop our understandings of how inner‐city mothers perceive science. Using qualitative …