by Moje, Elizabeth Birr; Tucker-Raymond, Eli; Varelas, Maria; Pappas, Christine C.

In this piece, Elizabeth Moje discusses with the authors of FORUM: Giving oneself over to science: Exploring the roles of subjectivities and identities in learning science (Tucker-Raymond, Varelas, & Pappas) the challenges and potentials of theorizing about the role of identities in learning science. The authors debate how identities and subjectivities should be conceptualized, and whether learning science requires people to change identities and/or subjectivities. In particular, the authors discuss the potential for thinking about how identities are enacted in practices, and how teachers might construct practices that evoke the identities associated with science as a way of developing opportunities for deep science learning.

DOI: 10.1007/s11422-006-9016-y
Online Date: 11/22/2006
Print publication date: 2/1/2007
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