Culturally Relevant Science Teaching in Middle School

Urban Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1106-1134

  Laughter, Judson C ^a   Adams, Amelia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Knox County School District   (United States)

Author keywords

culturally relevant pedagogy; culturally relevant science teaching; middle school science; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867942653     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085912454443     Document Type: Article

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