Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools

Informationen zum Autor Edna Tan is assistant professor of science education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Angela Calabrese Barton is professor of science education at Michigan State University. She is the author of Teaching Science for Social Justice and Feminist Science Education! coauthor of Rethinking Scientific Literacy! and coeditor of Teaching Science in Diverse Settings: Marginalized Discourses and Classroom Practice. Klappentext Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society. However! effective math and science education is not equally available to all students! with some of the poorest students. This title demonstrates that educational inequality is augmented by a consistent failure to integrate student history! and social needs into the core curriculum. Zusammenfassung Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society. However! effective math and science education is not equally available to all students! with some of the poorest students. This title demonstrates that educational inequality is augmented by a consistent failure to integrate student history! and social needs into the core curriculum.

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• Authors: Angela Calabrese Barton, Angela Calabrese Turner Barton, Angela Calabrese/ Tan Barton, Barton Angela Calabrese, Maura Varley Gutierrez, Gutierrez Maura Varley, Edna Tan, Edna Barton Tan, Tan Edna, TAN EDNA BARTON ANGELA CALABRESE, Erin Turner, Turner Erin
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780226037981
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03798-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General