Offering new ways to look at the key ideas and practices associated with promoting scientific literacy, this book takes a pragmatic and inclusive perspective on

Scientific literacy is part of national science education curricula worldwide. In this volume, an international group of distinguished scholars offer new ways t

Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new

Scientific literacy is approached on the premise that language is key to understand the nature of both learning and participation, in scientists’ practices as

Building on the foundation set in Volume I—a landmark synthesis of research in the field—Volume II is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art new volume highlight