Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Playing to our strong suits -- What Grandma and James Meredith knew: the black tax -- The cultural cost of organic language development -- Linguistic relativity and intelligent misunderstandings -- More than an apple that day -- a simple matter of learning -- The verbal advantage: sounding smart and feeling good? -- The hero teacher -- the generativity principle -- Strength & weaknesses: policy, practice, and STEM future -- Conclusion: Theory and practice.
Summary:
"Science in the City examines the norms governing science knowledge formation and posits a vision of a more culturally relevant approach to science instruction"-- Provided by publisher.
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