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Moving Culturally Relevant Pedagogy From Theory to Practice

Exploring Teachers’ Application of Culturally Relevant Education in Science and Mathematics

Bibliographic Data

ID10855727
AuthorsB A Brown (0000-0001-8350-7998, Stanford University, CA, USA, corresponding author), Phillip Boda (0000-0001-5797-8139, Stanford University, CA, USA), Catherine Lemmi (0000-0002-8340-4371, Stanford University, CA, USA), Xavier Monroe (0000-0001-9416-3254, Stanford University, CA, USA)
Year2019
Volume54
Issue6
Pages775-803
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085918794802
OpenAlexW2889151250
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited38

This article reports on urban elementary teachers’ understandings of cultural relevancy and the practices they enacted after a professional development on culturally relevant education (CRE) and cognitive apprenticeship. Focus group interviews support that participating teachers understood some principles of CRE but did not always match the theory to practice before our professional development. After training, video data of teaching support that this divide was mediated. These findings point to a need to engage in explicit theory-to-practice research about cultural relevancy in urban science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching. Implications are provided relating to teachers planning lessons purposefully to infuse cultural relevancy into their STEM classrooms

Apprenticeship · Cognitive Apprenticeship · Faculty Development · Focus group · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Professional development · Sociology · Teacher education · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Education and Technology Integration · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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