Addressing Cultural Diversity and Inquiry

Students from different backgrounds bring their different experiences to the same classroom. These differences can affect how they learn in a typical classroom. These authors provide some ... See More

Students from different backgrounds bring their different experiences to the same classroom. These differences can affect how they learn in a typical classroom. These authors provide some examples of how this is contrary to processing and learning ideas sometimes. They also seek to understand if inquiry learning overcomes these barriers. Through review of research we learn that inquiry learning does support effective learning regardless of student background. Lastly the authors suggest some ways to support cultural diversity while teaching science.