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Radke, Sarah C.; Vogel, Sara E.; Ma, Jasmine Y.; Hoadley, Christopher; Ascenzi-Moreno, Laura – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: Bi/multilingual students' STEM learning is better supported when educators leverage their language and cultural practices as resources, but STEM subject divisions have been historically constructed based on oppressive, dominant values and exclude the ways of knowing of nondominant groups. Truly promoting equity requires…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Bilingual Students, STEM Education, Code Switching (Language)
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Rutt, Alexis A.; Chang-Bacon, Chris K. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
Among inequities faced by multilingual learners, engagement in science education is one of the most persistent. Research suggests leveraging students' full multilingual repertoires in science education can help address this gap. However, pervasive monolingual norms in schooling may impede multilingual engagement, impacting students' multilingual…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Metalinguistics, Grade 7, Units of Study
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Pierson, Ashlyn E.; Clark, Douglas B.; Brady, Corey E. – Science Education, 2021
Research suggests that translanguaging can be transformative for teaching and learning by making students' diverse linguistic resources a meaningful part of classroom discourse. Building on this study, researchers have explored how translanguaging practices can support learning in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), primarily…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, Code Switching (Language), Transformative Learning