Human Rights in Language and STEM Education:Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Human Rights in Language and STEM Education:Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

BABACI-WILHITE - Personal Name;

This volume explores the challenges of teaching and learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in local languages and local contexts in a range of countries around the world. Many countries around the world, including African countries, have been largely excluded from the transformation that is going on in STEM pedagogy in the USA, where the emphasis is on the importance of language choice and the development of English Language Learner (ELL). STEM subjects in many parts of the world have been taught in a global language, mainly English, rather than using a local language and local curriculum. This creates pedagogical challenges to the teaching of STEM. The contributions to this book review evidence and arguments for the teaching of STEM subjects in local languages and several chapters make this case that this should be considered a human right, both in national educational programs and in development aid.

Working across disciplines and domains has the potential to lead to new understanding and the removal of barriers to progress with the ultimate goal of creating solutions to persistent problems in education. Cross-disciplinary work in science, language and literacy has shown much promise and demonstrated the importance of developing language along with disciplinary knowledge. This volume provides a deep dive into this topic, with articles by several scholars in the field of language in STEM.” – Jaqueline Barber, Director of the Learning Design Group at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California-Berkeley, USA

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Call Number: 370 HUM
Publisher: : ., 2015
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 978-94-6300-405-3
Classification: 370
Content Type: text
Media Type: computer
Carrier Type: online resource
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Subject(s): Education
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Statement of Responsibility: Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite editor

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