Scientists' science differs remarkably from school science. In order to be taught to students,
science is recontextualized from scientific research communities to science classrooms. This …

There is little evidence that the prevailing strategies of science education have an impact on
the use and interpretation of science in daily life. Most science educators and science …

Science literacy has been constructed within the science education community as an
endpoint to be attained by all students. The scientific facts, concepts and habits of mind that …

Rethinking Scientific Literacy presents a new perspective on science learning as a tool for
improving communities. By focusing on case studies inside and outside of the classroom …

Although the term “scientific literacy” has been increasingly used in recent years to
characterise the aim of school science education, there is still considerable uncertainty …

The purpose of this article is to report findings from an ethnographic study that focused on
the co‐development of science literacy and academic identity formulation within a third …

In considering what the science education community ought to be doing in terms of
curricular and pedagogical innovations, teacher education, and research, I believe the field …

There is about as much consensus regarding what constitutes scientific literacy as there is in
defining constructivism or delineating inquiry-based science instruction. Teachers …

Scientific literacy has become something of a catch cry in science education circles
worldwide. The nature of scientific literacy and how scientific literacy is developed and …

Proponents of scientific literacy often tie the goals of science education to broad societal
ideals (eg, AAAS, 1993). These ideals extend beyond reading and writing scientific texts and …