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Developing a sustained interest in science among urban minority youth

Author(s) -

Basu Sreyashi Jhumki,

Barton Angela Calabrese

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of research in science teaching

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067

H-Index - 131

eISSN - 1098-2736

pISSN - 0022-4308

DOI - 10.1002/tea.20143

Subject(s) - science education , agency (philosophy) , futures contract , poverty , mathematics education , qualitative research , sociology , pedagogy , science learning , psychology , political science , social science , financial economics , law , economics

This study draws upon qualitative case study to investigate the connections between the “funds of knowledge” that urban, high‐poverty students bring to science learning and the development of a sustained interest in science. We found that youth developed a sustained interest in science when: (1) their science experiences connected with how they envision their own futures; (2) learning environments supported the kinds of social relationships students valued; and (3) science activities supported students' sense of agency for enacting their views on the purpose of science. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 44: 466–489, 2007

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