Cultural Reactions: Reality Pedagogy in Science Education
Keywords:
Reality PedagogyAbstract
The United States and its school systems are becoming increasingly diverse. Science educators are tasked with stimulating the minds of multiple ethnic and cultural groups during their pedagogical career. Some science educators may have the mission of cultivating students in a location where none of the students share the educator’s cultural background. Culturally responsive pedagogy assists educators in bridging the cultural gaps between students and presents science content in a method that is relatable. Reality Pedagogy is a subset of culturally responsive education that can be implemented by educators in diverse settings. Reality Pedagogy consists of five foundational blocks: Cogenerative Dialogues, Coteaching, Cosmopolitanism, Context, and Content. Case studies have validated the effectiveness of Reality Pedagogy in diverse pedagogical science environments.
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Krugly-Smolska, E. (2013). Twenty-five years of multicultural science education: Looking backward, looking forward. Encounters/Encuentros/Rencontres on Education. doi: 10.15572/enco2013.02
Ladson?Billings, G. (1995). But thats just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy. Theory Into Practice, 34(3), 159–165. doi: 10.1080/00405849509543675
Le, P. T., & Matias, C. E. (2018). Towards a truer multicultural science education: how whiteness impacts science education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 14(1), 15–31. doi: 10.1007/s11422-017-9854-9
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NCES. (2020). Characteristics of Public School Teachers. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_clr.asp.
NCES. (2020). Racial/Ethnic Enrollment in Public Schools. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cge.asp
Ramirez, I. A. L. (2018). The Effects of Reality Pedagogy on the Academic Performance and Motivation to Learn of Grade 7 Physics Students. International Journal on Language, Research and Education Studies, 2(2), 176-194.
Published
2020-10-16
How to Cite
Heil, G. (2020). Cultural Reactions: Reality Pedagogy in Science Education. Learning to Teach Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Through Research and Practice, 9(1). Retrieved from https://openjournals.utoledo.edu/index.php/learningtoteach/article/view/407
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