Culture Studies in Science Education: Students' Indigenous Cultures
Versus the Culture of Science


Welcome to the website of  NARST 99 Workshop #1 organised by Glen Aikenhead, University of  University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Nancy Allen, U of Texas, Austin, USA; and Olugbemiro Jegede, Open University of Hong Kong.

Several papers from well established scholars in the field of Culture Studies in Science Education which address one major issue, or a cluster of related issues have been posted on this website for discussion as listed below. Choose any paper(s), read through and make your own comments on the issues raised by the author(s) or respond to comments already made by others. This electronic discussion is scheduled to last from 1 February to 15 March 1999.
And will be used to set the final agenda  for the 3-hour Pre-Conference Workshop in Boston, MA on March (see 1999 NARST Annual Meeting preliminary Program Page 14).

To access any of the papers, click on the title below.

To make comments or follow the trend of discussion an any of the papers please click on 'Discussion Area' immediately following the paper you are interested in.

Papers
1 Whose Interests are Being Served in Cross-Cultural Science Teaching?
By Peter C TAYLOR <itaylorp@info.curtin.edu.au>
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2 Transcending Cultural Borders: Implications for Science Teaching
By Olugbemiro J. JEGEDE <jegede@ouhk.edu.hk> and Glen S. AIKENHEAD <aikenhead@sask.usask.ca>
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3 Science as the Culture of Scientists: How to Cope with Scientism?
By Masakata OGAWA <ogawam@mito.ipc.ibaraki.ac.jp>
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4 Research on Multiculturalism Applied to Students' Learning School Science: Some Theoretical Issues
By Eva KRUGLY-SMOLSKA <kruglye@educ.queensu.ca>
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5 Science Knowledge, World Views, and Information Sources in Social and Cultural Contexts: Making Sense after a Natural Disaster
By Okhee LEE  <olee@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
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6 Avoiding Cultural Imperialism in Science Education
By Nancy Jane ALLEN <njallen@tenet.edu>
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7 Developing Culturally-Responsive Science Assessments
By Guillermo SOLANO-FLORES <wsolano@WestEd.org> and Sharon NELSON-BARBER <snelson@WestEd.org>
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8 Courage and the Researcher's Gaze: (Re)Defining Our Roles as Cultural Warriors for Social Change
By Alberto RODRIGUEZ <albertor@nmsu.edu>
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9 Science Education and Sub-Cultural Border Crossing
by Peter J FENSHAM <Peter.Fensham@Education.monash.edu.au>
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10 The cultural nature of the concept "scientific worldview"
By William W. COBERN <bill.cobern@wmich.edu>
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11 Nomadic and street children's development and use of science concepts: Implications for cross - cultural science teaching
By Peter OKEBUKOLA <pokebukola@alpha.linkserve.com>
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