Science in the city : culturally relevant STEM education /

Science in the City examines the norms governing science knowledge formation and posits a vision of a more culturally relevant approach to science instruction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Bryan Anthony (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2019]
Series:	Race and education series.
Subjects:	Education, Urban > United States. Science > Study and teaching > United States. Technology > Study and teaching > United States. Engineering > Study and teaching > United States. Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States. Discrimination in education > United States. Racism in education > United States. Educational equalization > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Playing to our strong suits
What Grandma and James Meredith knew: the black tax
The cultural cost of organic language development
Linguistic relativity and intelligent misunderstandings
More than an apple that day
a simple matter of learning
The verbal advantage: sounding smart and feeling good?
The hero teacher
the generativity principle
Strength & weaknesses: policy, practice, and STEM future
Conclusion: Theory and practice.