Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools

图书信息

作者	Tan, Edna
出版社	University of Chicago Press
ISBN	9780226037998
出版时间	2012-08-15
字数	40.3万
分类	University of Chicago Press,进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录

读书简介

Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society, setting the foundations for entry into some of the most robust and highest-paying industries. However, effective math and science education is not equally available to all students, with some of the poorest students-those who would benefit most-going egregiously underserved. This ongoing problem with education highlights one of the core causes of the widening class gap.?While this educational inequality can be attributed to a number of economic and political causes, in?Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Communities, Angela Calabrese?Barton?and Edna Tan demonstrate that it is augmented by a consistent failure to integrate student history, culture, and social needs into the core curriculum. They argue that teachers and schools should create hybrid third spaces-neither classroom nor home-in which underserved students can merge their personal worlds with those of math and science. A host of examples buttress this argument: schools where these spaces have been instituted now provide students not only an immediate motivation to engage the subjects most critical to their future livelihoods but also the broader math and science literacy necessary for robust societal engagement. A unique look at a frustratingly understudied subject,?Empowering Science and Mathematics Education?pushes beyond the idea of teaching for social justice and into larger questions of how and why students participate in math and science.?

目录

Cover

Copyright

Title Page

Contents

CHAPTER 1. Changing the Discourse on Equity and Math and Science for All

CHAPTER 2. Empowering Teaching and Learning in Math and Science Education

CHAPTER 3. Critical Mathematical Agency in the Overcrowding at Francis Middle School Project

CHAPTER 4. A Narrative Pedagogy for Critical Science Literacy

CHAPTER 5. Becoming an Expert: Critical Engagement with Science and the Community

CHAPTER 6. Community Spaces as a Part of Hybrid Math Learning Spaces: Integrating Multiple Funds of Knowledge

CHAPTER 7. Hybrid Spaces for Empowering Learning in Math and Science

Notes

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Index