From Sit and Listen to Shake it out yourself

ISBN-13: 9783639050080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 232 str.

Shamu Sadeh

Opis

This study is designed to address the equity gap by helping students connect personal/cultural knowledge to scientific knowledge. A collaborative action research study was conducted in 8th grade science classrooms of low-income African American and Latino students. The participating teacher and the researcher developed, enacted and evaluated a curriculum that elicited students personal and cultural knowledge in the investigation of local community issues. Using qualitative methods, data was collected through student and teacher interviews, observation, and written documents. Data was analyzed to answer questions on student participation and learning, bridging between personal and scientific knowledge, and student empowerment. The most compelling themes from the data were described as parts of three stories: tensions between the empire of school and the small student nation, bridging between the two nations, and students gaining empowerment.

O autorze

Teaching Do-it-yourself concepts and skills of sustainability,
from composting to communication, from prayer to permaculture,
bible to biofuels is what I do. My doctoral work was focused on
grassroots science for empowerment.