Multicultural Science Education

1. Teacher Knowledge

1.1. Pedagogical Content Knowledge

1.1.1. Shulman

1.2. Individual Practical Knowledge

2. Multicultural Approaches in Teaching and learning science

2.1. work of Atwater

2.2. work of James Banks

3. Culturally responsive teaching

3.1. work of Ladson-billings

3.2. work of Geneva Gay

3.3. work of Cochran-smith

4. Theoretical framework

4.1. Shulman

4.2. Morine-Dershimer & Kent

5. Teacher Beliefs

5.1. Sources of Beliefs

5.1.1. Personal experience

5.1.2. Academic experience

5.1.3. Professional experience

5.2. teaching and learning science

5.3. multicultural science classroom

5.4. types of beliefs

5.4.1. about students

5.4.2. about curriculum

5.4.3. about instruction