Empowering science and mathematics education in urban schools
By: Edna Tan and Angela Calabrese Barton with Erin E. Turner and Maura Varley Gutiérrez
Contributors: Calabrese Barton, Angela; Varley Gutiérrez, Maura; Turner, Erin E.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780226037974; 9780226037981
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Critical pedagogy; Educational equalization; City children; Mathematics; Science; Education; Study and teaching (Middle school)
Description: 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 maths and science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing the discourse on equity and math and science for all; title: Empowering teaching and learning in math and science education; title: Critical mathematical agency in the overcrowding at Francis Middle School project; title: A narrative pedagogy for critical science literacy; title: Becoming an expert: critical engagement with science and the community; title: Community spaces as a part of hybrid math learning spaces: integrating multiple funds of knowledge; title: Hybrid spaces for empowering learning in math and science.