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This forum discusses the issue of ‘othering’ and how intersectionality is a useful analytical framework for understanding the students’ immigrant experiences in, and out of, the science classroom. We use a feminist perspective to discuss Minjung’s study because gender is a key aspect of one’s identity other aspects such as race, religion, socio-economic status, and age have assumed a significant status in gender studies. Lastly we examine the supports and barriers that cliques can produce and propose the importance of building a learning community in the science classroom to engage all students.
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This forum paper responds to issues raised in Minjung Ryu’s “But at school... I become a bit shy”: Korean immigrant adolescents’ discursive participation in science classes. doi:10.1007/s11422-012-9406-2.
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Kim, H., Scantlebury, K. Being “chill” with teachers and “frozen” by peers in science: overcoming social and educational barriers in a learning community. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 8, 673–682 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-013-9507-6
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