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Ash, Doris – Science Education, 2004
In this paper I focus on the transition from everyday to scientific ways of reasoning, and on the intertwined roles of meaning-making dialogue and science content as they contribute to scientific literacy. I refer to views of science, and how scientific understanding is advanced dialogically, by Hurd (Science Education, 1998, 82, 402-416), Brown…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Environment, Scientific Literacy, Informal Education