Rethinking Scientific Literacy

by Roth; Wolff-Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415948432
• ISBN10: 0415948436
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-01-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science and Science Education, University of Victoria Angela Calabrese Barton is Associate Professor of Science Education and Director of Science Education, Department of Math, Science, and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Series Editor's Introduction	p. ix
Science as Collective Praxis, Literacy, Power, and Struggle for a Better World	p. 1
Scientific Literacy as Emergent Feature of Collective Praxis	p. 21
Scientific Literacy, Hegemony, and Struggle	p. 49
Politics, Power, and Science in Inner-City Communities	p. 77
Margin and Center	p. 107
Constructing Scientific Dis/Ability	p. 129
Science Education as and for Citizen Science	p. 157
Dangerous Teaching: Using Science as Tool and Context to Work for Social Justice	p. 181
Notes	p. 215
Index	p. 221
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