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CRP draws upon students’ background, knowledge, and culture experiences as a source of examples and teaching strategies to help students understand science concepts by connecting students’ lives outside and inside of school.
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP). In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_26
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