Essay: What Is Equity in Science Education?

by: Walter G. Secada, University of Miami

Concerns about equity often influence and drive decision making by educators and policy makers. How do these concerns—and different understandings of equity itself—affect the quality and form of science instruction available for English language learners? In this chapter, the authors examine these issues.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2008Stock # PB218X_20

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