Democratic Science Teaching Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki (Editor), Barton, Angela Calabrese (Editor), Tan, Edna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2011.
• Series: Cultural Perspectives in Science Education: Research Dialogs ; 3
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Science Education.

Democratic science pedagogy has the potential to shape learning outcomes and science engagement by taking on directly issues of pedagogy, learning, and social justice. In this text we provide a framework for democratic science teaching in order to interrogate the purposes and goals of science educat...