Student empowerment in an environmental science classroom: Toward a framework for social justice science education

AS Dimick - Science Education, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Social justice education is undertheorized in science education. Given the wide range of
goals and purposes proposed within both social justice education and social justice science …

Urban science education: examining current issues through a historical lens

CA McLaughlin - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2014 - Springer
This paper reviews and synthesizes urban science education studies published between
2000 and 2013 with a view to identifying current challenges faced by both teachers and …

Actions for sociopolitical consciousness in a high school science class: A case study of ninth grade class with predominantly indigenous students

B Upadhyay, E Atwood, B Tharu - Journal of Research in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This case study explores how a group of Grade 9 students engaged in sociopolitical
discourses and actions in a science class in a mostly indigenous student school in Nepal …

Unpacking 'culture'in cultural studies of science education: Cultural difference versus cultural production

H Carlone, A Johnson - Ethnographies of Science Education, 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
In this article, we explore three anthropological approaches to science education research:
funds of knowledge, third space/hybridity and practice theory. Definitions, historical origins …

Environmental justice pedagogies and self-efficacy for climate action

ML Bartlett, J Larson, S Lee - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As institutions of knowledge and innovation, colleges and universities have a responsibility
to prepare students to lead in a world impacted by climate change. While sustainability and …

Using transformative boundary objects to create critical engagement in science: A case study

BK Tsurusaki, A Calabrese Barton, E Tan… - Science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Teachers are increasingly faced with questions of how to teach the students in diverse
classrooms in ways that are responsive to their experiences outside of the classroom. This …

[HTML][HTML] STEAM education for critical consciousness: discourses of liberation and social change among sixth-grade students

B Upadhyay, K Coffino, J Alberts, A Rummel - Asia-Pacific Science …, 2021 - brill.com
In this case study, we present opportunities science, technology, engineering, arts, and
mathematics (steam) education provided to a sixth-grade class. We collected observational …

“Each day I find ways to fight for my students”: Black Science Teachers as Advocates and Abolitionists

VN Louis, NS King - Equity & Excellence in Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we highlight the experiences of two Black early-career science teachers who
transitioned from their STEM professions into the classroom. This study explored factors that …

Taking an active stance: How urban elementary students connect sociocultural experiences in learning science

B Upadhyay, G Maruyama… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this interpretive case study, we draw from sociocultural theory of learning and culturally
relevant pedagogy to understand how urban students from nondominant groups leverage …

Looking forward by looking back: Equity in science education as socially just and morally healing action

A Szostkowski, B Upadhyay - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2019 - Springer
In this conceptual paper, we argue that social justice, morality, and healing must be at the
core of an equity agenda for science education. When we view equity through this lens …