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Norman, Obed – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Focuses on the marginalized discourses that have arisen to oppose the racism, sexism, and classism espoused and advocated by mainstream science since its institutionalization up until the first half of the 20th century. Contains 39 references. (Author/PVD)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Educational Change

Atwater, Mary M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Students need to develop knowledge and skills in order to ascertain whether scientific evidence justifies a claim or a conclusion. Suggests that critical feminist interpretive frameworks may be able to alter the ways in which science research is conducted. Scientists from marginalized groups have spent years convincing other scientists that their…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Critical Theory, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged