Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/8uTAL4 The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms Talking Science, Writing Science By: Katherine Richardson Bruna Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780805864274, 080586427X eText ISBN: 9781135269371, 1135269378 Edition: 1st Pages: 384 Copyright year: 2008 Format: EPUB Available from $ 22.78 USD SKU 9781135269371R90 How does language comprise the implicit or explicit curriculum of teaching and learning in multicultural science settings? Building on a growing interest in the ways in which language and literacy practices interact with science teaching and learning to facilitate or obstruct successful student outcomes, this book contributes to scholarship on the role of language in developing classroom scientific communities of practice, expands that work by highlighting the challenges faced specifically by ethnic- and linguistic-minority students and their teachers in joining those communities, and showcases exemplary teaching and research initiatives for helping to meet these challenges. Offering teacher practitioners and researchers in the fields of science education and multicultural education lenses through which they can critically consider the myriad of classroom settings, instructional approaches, curricular materials, and scientific topics involved in what it means to teach science while pointedly addressing concerns about equity of educational opportunity, this volume serves as a powerful resource for linking theory and practice. End-of-chapter reflection questions and engagement activities facilitate discussion round these issues and provide rich opportunities for the reader to consider the implications of each chapter for science instruction and research and to apply insights developed in a real-world science teaching and learning contexts. Additional ISBNs 9780203866979, 9781135269371, 9781135269388, 9781135269333, 0203866975, 1135269378, 1135269386, 1135269335, 9780805864274, 9780805864281, 9781410618603, 080586427X, 0805864288, 1410618609
