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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Buck Cooper is a graduate student in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education. A former middle school science and math teacher, Buck’s research focuses on authenticity in science education and improving the science teaching of students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Resources created by Buck Cooper

Deficit thinking
Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
By Buck Cooper.