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Describes a teaching assignment at a Department of Defense (DoD) high school in Puerto Rico with bilingual Latin students influenced by island cultures. Discusses classroom cultural awareness and the importance of understanding and appreciating students' backgrounds when cultural or ethnic differences exist in the science classroom. Includes a lesson plan for teaching science within the context of various cultures and languages. (KHR)

• Author/Creator: Whittemore, Mary Jon, Mecca, Peter M.
• Date Published: Mar
• Journal/Secondary Title: Science Teacher
• Number: 3
• Volume: 70
• Year: 2003

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: Ethnicity
• Subject: Lesson Plans
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Science Education
• Subject: Teaching Methods

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