Transcending the Conventional Science Curriculum: Supporting Students in the Negotiation of Meaning and Finding Their Place in Science

• Main Author: Price, Jeremy Forest
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest LLC 2012
• Subjects: Biology; Cultural Relevance; Ethnography; High Schools; Humanistic Education; Interviews; Learning Activities; Liberal Arts; Literature Reviews; Observation; Qualitative Research; Reflection; Relevance (Education); Science Curriculum; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes

Science education in schools is often inadvertently designed so that it is frequently inconsistent with students' lived experiences (Aikenhead, 1996, 2001; Brickhouse & Potter, 2001). Science is therefore seen by students as an endeavor for someone else, contributing to a lack of access to...