Margin and center: Intersections of homeless children, science education, and a pedagogy of liberation

Margin and center: Intersections of homeless children, science education, and a pedagogy of liberation

Drawing on personal experiences with homeless urban children living in shelters, discusses liberatory science education (focusing on an after-school science program) and describes dilemmas inherent in such work, considering how an understanding of the complexity of the relationship between margin an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Theory into practice 1998-09, Vol.37 (4), p.296-305
1. Verfasser: Barton, Angela Calabrese
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
After School Programs
Children
Democratic Values
Educational research
Elementary Secondary Education
Homeless People
Liberatory Learning
Microscopes
Pedagogy
Poverty
Recycling
School age children
Science Education
Science teachers
Street children
Urban Areas
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Zusammenfassung:Drawing on personal experiences with homeless urban children living in shelters, discusses liberatory science education (focusing on an after-school science program) and describes dilemmas inherent in such work, considering how an understanding of the complexity of the relationship between margin and center is necessary in moving toward liberatory education. (SM)
ISSN:0040-5841
1543-0421
DOI:10.1080/00405849809543819