Rethinking Scientific Literacy

Name: Rethinking Scientific Literacy
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ISBN: 9780415948432

ISBN-10: 0415948436

ISBN-13: 9780415948432

Edition: 2004

Authors: Wolff-Michael Roth, Angela Calabrese Barton

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Rethinking Scientific Literacypresents a new perspective on science learning as a tool for improving communities. By focusing on case studies inside and outside of the classroom, the authors illuminate the relevance of science in students' everyday lives, offering a new vision of scientific literacy that is inextricably linked with social responsibility and community development. The goal if not tote memorization of facts and theories, but a broader competency in scientific thinking and the ability to generate positive change.

Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.36" wide x 9.29" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Series Editor's Introduction



Science as Collective Praxis, Literacy, Power, and Struggle for a Better World



Scientific Literacy as Emergent Feature of Collective Praxis



Scientific Literacy, Hegemony, and Struggle



Politics, Power, and Science in Inner-City Communities



Margin and Center



Constructing Scientific Dis/Ability



Science Education as and for Citizen Science



Dangerous Teaching: Using Science as Tool and Context to Work for Social Justice


Notes


Index