Teaching Science to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students
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Amy Cox-Petersen, Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience within multiple educational settings. She holds a BS in Early Childhood Education and a MA in Elementary Education from East Carolina University and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a Science Education Specialization from the University of Southern California. She has presented internationally and nationally on topics related to science teacher education and learning science outside the formal classroom. Her research focuses on culturally relevant science teaching and learning in classrooms, field sites, museums, and service-learning settings. She is the author of “Educational Partnerships: Connecting Schools, Families, and the Community” (Sage, 2010). She taught in urban, suburban, and rural schools as an elementary and middle school teacher. She joined the faculty at California State University, Fullerton in 1998 and is currently a professor in the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education.
Leah M. Melber, Ph.D. has 20 years experience within informal and formal science education. She holds a BA in Zoology, an MA in education together with a multiple subject teaching credential for the state of California, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Southern California. She has presented internationally on inquiry-based instruction and effective methods of connecting with cultural institutions such as museums. In addition to numerous journal articles she has written on this topic, she recently authored the book “Informal Learning and Field Trips”. She was awarded the 2001 Informal Educator Award through the California Science Teachers Association and the 2010 Promising Leadership Award from the Association of Midwest Museums. She was recently accepted as a candidate on the Fulbright Specialist Roster in the focus area of education. She is a former third grade teacher and university professor in science education. She also served as the Science Education Specialist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in addition to serving as a consultant in the area of informal education for museums around the nation. She joined the staff of Lincoln Park Zoo in December of 2008 where she is currently the Director of Student and Teacher Programs.
Terri Patchen, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education at California State University, Fullerton. A credentialed bilingual teacher, she taught kindergarten in a lower-income, Spanish speaking classroom for close to ten years before getting graduate degrees in Urban Planning and Latin American Studies, and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published in journals as diverse as Multicultural Education and Science Education and regularly presents at education conferences. She is a lifelong advocate for the benefits of working with English learners.
Teaching Science to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students helps K-8 teachers implement culturally relevant instructional strategies to ensure that all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic class, can do science, like science, and become scientists if they choose. In America’s increasingly diverse classrooms, science is not always presented in a way that is meaningful to all students. With this in mind, this book outlines 8 culturally relevant strategies for teaching science to help ensure all students have access to inquiry-based, interactive, and experiential science learning. Written to encourage inclusive practices, the book shows how to teach science using students’ experiences, how to integrate science and literacy and how to use alternative methods to assess students’ understanding of science. Includes 8 culturally relevant strategies for teaching science to all students–outlines inclusive practices that ensure all students have access to inquiry-based, interactive, and experiential science learning. Emphasizes family connections and teaching science to and through students’ experiences–connects science activities and content to students’ lives at home and includes a chapter on fostering family connections and family connections icons throughout the book. Offers examples of science and literacy connections–models how teachers can integrate science and literacy to enhance students’ understanding of science. Includes case studies with reflection questions in each chapter–provides examples of culturally relevant science teaching in the K-8 classroom for teachers to analyze and discuss. Offers step-by-step descriptions of four science instructional models, including Concept Attainment, Concept Formation, Group Investigation and 5 Es Model. Devotes a complete chapter to alternative assessment with diverse learners–provides a variety of examples and assessment methods to help teachers gauge students’ understanding of science. Presents book study questions–helps teachers discuss the book professionally and apply the information to their current science activities.
Hallmark Features
Includes 8 culturally relevant strategies for teaching science to all students–outlines inclusive practices that ensure all students have access to inquiry-based, interactive, and experiential science learning.
Shows how to teach science to and through students’ experiences–connects science activities and content to students’ lives at home and includes a chapter on fostering family connections.
Offers examples of science and literacy connections–models how teachers can integrate science and literacy to enhance students’ understanding of science.
Includes case studies with reflection questions in each chapter–provides examples of culturally relevant science teaching in the K-8 classroom.
Offers step-by-step descriptions of four science instructional models–discusses Concept Attainment, Concept Formation, Group Investigation and 5 Es Model.
Devotes a complete chapter to alternative assessment with diverse learners–provides a variety of examples and assessment methods to help teachers gauge students’ understanding of science.
Presents book study questions–helps teachers discuss the book professionally and apply the information to their current science activities.
Teaching Science to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students helps K-8 teachers implement culturally relevant instructional strategies to ensure that all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic class, can do science, like science, and become scientists if they choose.
In America’s increasingly diverse classrooms, science is not always presented in a way that is meaningful to all students. With this in mind, this book outlines 8 culturally relevant strategies for teaching scienceto help ensure all students have access to inquiry-based, interactive, and experiential science learning. Written to encourage inclusive practices, the book shows how to teach science using students’ experiences, how to integrate science and literacy and how to use alternative methods to assess students’ understanding of science.
Chapter 1: Culturally Relevant Science Instruction
Teaching Science with Access for all Students
Eight Explicit Strategies to Encourage Cultural Relevant Science Instruction
Challenges for Students from Non-English Language Backgrounds
Case Study 1.1: Snapshot of Ahna’s Culturally Relevant Classroom
Chapter 2: Culturally Relevant Inquiry and Action
Scientific Methods and Processes
Inquiry Process Skills
Teacher as Facilitator
Effective Use of Questioning
Allowing Students to be Experts
Integrating Inquiry across the Curriculum
Extending the Walls of the Classroom
Building Fluency outside the Classroom
Case Study 2.1: Expect the Unexpected
Chapter 3: Literacy Development through Science
Importance of Authentic Connections
Language Arts and the Work of Scientists
Reviewing Information Sources
Sharing Discoveries
Extending the Experience
Case Study 3.1: Sixth Grade Service Learning Project
Chapter 4: Teaching Strategies that Promote Science Access for All Students
Learner Differences
Integrating Cognitive Views of Learning
Inquiry Models
Making Models of Teaching more Culturally Relevant
Case Study 4.1: Teachers and Students participating in a Group Investigation science activity
Chapter 5: Assessment, Evaluation, and Culturally and Linguistically-Diverse Students
Multidimensional assessment procedures
Different Assessment Methods
Products
Performances
Portfolios
Assessing Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs
Assessing Portfolios, Products, and Performances
Case Study 5.1: Mrs. Weirath’s Garden
Chapter 6: Family Connections
Creating new collaborative frameworks for culturally relevant practice with families and communities
Joyce Epstein’s (2001) Six Types of Involvement for Families and Schools
Building Home-School Partnerships
Connecting Science with Students’ Community
Working Together
Case Study 6.1: Family Science Night
Chapter 7: Keeping Current and Assessing Resources
Eight Explicit Culturally-Relevant Strategies Revisited
Assessing Resources
Planning and Preparation
Integration of Technology
Funding Resources
Grants Available to Schools and Teachers
Case Study 7.1: Mrs. Rey and Hands-On Science
Final Comments
Amy Cox-Petersen – Leah M. Melber
Teaching Science to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students
Teaching Science to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Elementary Students helps K-8 teachers implement culturally relevant instructional strategies to ensure that all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic class, can do science, like science, and become scientists if they choose.
In America’s increasingly diverse classrooms, science is not always presented in a way that is meaningful to all students. With this in mind, this book outlines eight culturally relevant strategies for teaching science to help ensure all students have access to inquiry-based, interactive, and experiential science learning. Written to encourage inclusive practices, the book shows how to teach science using students’ experiences, how to integrate science and literacy and how to use alternative methods to assess students’ understanding of science.
“I have used Science Backpacks and found them a wonderful way to extend the school day and involve families in their child’s learning…Many ideas [in the book] were new to me and I enjoyed the fact that they were very simple to implement, yet would be a valuable use of my time.”
– Kristi Trotter Hattenhauer, Science Coach/Lab Facilitator, Jonesboro Math and Science Magnet School, Jonesboro, AR
“This book combines all the elements of what is needed to successful teach in a culturally relevant way a subject that many minorities feel offer no connection to their present day lives or future goal attainment. Additionally, it can serve as a springboard for discussions on how teachers can improve the job that they are doing at better teaching and reaching all students.”
– Cheryl Harris Curtis, Educational Consultant II, NC Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC
Amy Cox-Petersen, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education at California State University, Fullerton. She has over 25 years of experience within multiple educational settings and has taught in urban, suburban, and rural schools as an elementary and middle school teache. Amy is an international presenter on topics related to science teacher education and learning science outside the formal classroom and is the author of Educational Partnerships: Connecting Schools, Families, and the Community.
Leah M. Melber, Ph.D. is the Director of Student and Teacher Programs at Lincoln Park Zoo and has 20 years experience within science education as a third grade teacher, university professor in science education, Science Education Specialist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and has served as consultant in the area of informal education for museums around the nation. Leah has written numerous journal articles and recently authored the book “Informal Learning and Field Trips”. She is the recipient of the 2001 Informal Educator Award from California Science Teachers Association, the 2010 Promising Leadership Award from the Association of Midwest Museums, candidate of the Fulbright Specialist Roster in the focus area of education.
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| Dimensions | 0.32 × 7.38 × 9.13 in |
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| Author | Amy Cox-Petersen, Leah R Melber, Leah Melber, Terri R. Patchen, Terri Patchen |
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| Subjects | higher education, EDU046000, EDU029030, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Science Methods (K-8) |
