T55 SMT: Teaching Science for Diversity using Technology and Sociotransformative Constructivism

• In Event: Roundtables - Thursday
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtables I - SMT

Short Description

The presenters would like to raise teacher’s attention to the need of preparing lesson plans to teach science for diversity using pedagogical strategies that are using inquiry-based approach in combination with multicultural components, based on the Sociotransformative Constructivism (sTc) model (Rodriguez, 2010, 2005, 2002,1998). The presenters will display an example of a third grade science lesson that incorporates the sTc model and educational technology, to make the lesson socially and culturally inclusive for the students.

Authors

• Belen Garcia, Purdue University

• Michelle L. Knaier, Purdue University

• Ana Margarita Meier, Purdue University