Keywords
complementary curriculum
contextualized learning
cultural relevance
science
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Abstract
Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) is a non-profit organization interested in promoting science and science education in Puerto Rico. One of its most recent achievements is the publication of ¡Ciencia Boricua!: Ensayos y anécdotas del científico puertorro, a collection of 61 short essays written by Puerto Rican scientists, that present science concepts in an accessible fashion by using simple language, contextualization, and cultural relevance. The purpose of this article is to share the findings of a pilot project implemented in Nueva Escuela Juan Ponce de León, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, during the year 2012. After integrating various educational activities based on ¡Ciencia Boricua! that complemented the mandated science curriculum, four of the teachers that collaborated with CienciaPR were interviewed. Here we present our findings, including a number of areas where implementation was successful and suggestions for scalable replication.
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González-Espada, W., Fortis-Santiago, Y., Guerrero-Medina, G., Ortiz Vega, N. M., Colón-Ramos, D., & Feliú-Mójer, M. (2013). Suplementando el currículo de ciencias con contenido contextual y culturalmente relevante: Lecciones de la implementación del Proyecto Ciencia Boricua. Cuaderno de Investigación en la Educación, 28, 109-127. Retrieved from https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/educacion/article/view/13575
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