Feeding pigs and looking for guembe: the local production of knowledge about natural world of peasants and indigenous people in San Ignacio

PADAWER, ANA

Ethnographies of science education

Routedge

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2014; p. 85 - 103

Researchers who conduct ethnography in science education tend to have a deep commitment for transforming science to improve the lives of people in underserved communities. This edited volumen explores how contemporary ethnographers in science education bring to light the local production of scientific knowledge and the ways it is implicated in larger social and politicals truggles. Ethnographies in science education contribute to understanding the experiences of linguistically, racially, and economically diverse populations who have been historically excluded from participation in science. An anthropological approach ha salso been instrumental in explicating the situated practices by which students enact science in the classroom and int heir lives beyond schools. This edited volumen brings together ethnographers in science education to contribute a global perspective on science teaching and learning in school and university classrooms, at home, and after school programs. Included are examples of ethnography in science education from the UK, Argentina, Canada, and the USA in which contributors point to promising directions for theorizing the ?culture? of science education as we undertake educational reform.The authors in this volumen argue that ethnography is not only a valid approach for the study of science education, but also they contend that it is essential to the development of more equitable practices for instruction and learning. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnography and Education.