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Mayberry, Maralee – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
One dominant approach to reforming science education implements collaborative approaches to learning. Feminist pedagogy is concerned with transforming both how students learn science and the science curriculum that students are expected to learn. Collaborative approaches serve to reproduce the dominant discourse of existing science systems.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Critical Theory, Cultural Pluralism, Epistemology
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Meyer, Karen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Questions the phenomenon and the implications of being female in school science through girls' and young women's stories interwoven with a narrative from the author, a female researcher in science education. Discusses several directions within teaching that interpret bell hooks' engaged pedagogy which emphasizes a commitment to self-actualization…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Critical Theory, Epistemology, Feminism
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Lin, Bao-Shan; Crawley, Frank E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on an investigation into the differences in classroom climate and science-related attitudes among junior high school science classes on students in Taiwan. Most of the differences in classroom climate, student attitude, and their interactions were attributed to school location (metropolitan versus rural) rather than student…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Rural Urban Differences