Add to ORKGIn this study we examine the framework of a Culturally Responsive Pedagogical lesson to teach controversial Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) in the biology classroom. The lesson design aligns to high school biology unit on heredity-- understating of variations in human traits. Our research teaches students to communicate like scientists through classroom discussions on controversial social issues. The overarching question within the lesson allowed students to investigated, “Is the concept of race and ethnicity a genetic or social construct?”. Our research will provide educators with understanding of how to better facilitate classroom discourse guiding students to support claims with evidence and facts
This article reports on how four urban high school biology teachers’ positionality impacts their exp...
The purpose of this investigation was to explore how aspects of identity, perceived levels of contro...
This article provides classroom examples and commentaries for extending and deepening culturally rel...
Background: High school students are not taught that race is a social rather than biological constru...
Race and racism are considered standard subject matter in introductory college courses in the social...
Building anti-racist practices is the responsibility of the entire school team. Considering this and...
In this article, we explore culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) to work toward alleviating persistent...
Several educators in science have called for the inclusion of controversial socio-scientific issues’...
Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are not only said to increase students’ interest in science, but they ...
Systemic oppression includes inequitable education that historically does not fully prepare students...
<p>Previous research has documented that students who engage with socioscientific issues can acquire...
American Indian students often experience a dissonance between their own worldview and Western Moder...
We present a case study of a lesson that incorporates high school students’ interests in heredity al...
Science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE) education is both a part of the mandated sc...
Although culturally relevant pedagogy is widely espoused and applied in educational research and pra...
This article reports on how four urban high school biology teachers’ positionality impacts their exp...
The purpose of this investigation was to explore how aspects of identity, perceived levels of contro...
This article provides classroom examples and commentaries for extending and deepening culturally rel...
Background: High school students are not taught that race is a social rather than biological constru...
Race and racism are considered standard subject matter in introductory college courses in the social...
Building anti-racist practices is the responsibility of the entire school team. Considering this and...
In this article, we explore culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) to work toward alleviating persistent...
Several educators in science have called for the inclusion of controversial socio-scientific issues’...
Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are not only said to increase students’ interest in science, but they ...
Systemic oppression includes inequitable education that historically does not fully prepare students...
<p>Previous research has documented that students who engage with socioscientific issues can acquire...
American Indian students often experience a dissonance between their own worldview and Western Moder...
We present a case study of a lesson that incorporates high school students’ interests in heredity al...
Science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE) education is both a part of the mandated sc...
Although culturally relevant pedagogy is widely espoused and applied in educational research and pra...
This article reports on how four urban high school biology teachers’ positionality impacts their exp...
The purpose of this investigation was to explore how aspects of identity, perceived levels of contro...
This article provides classroom examples and commentaries for extending and deepening culturally rel...