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Volume 4 Issue 3 (July 2009) - Special Issue On Scientific Literacy

Editors: Richard K. Coll and Neil Taylor


Editorial

Exploring international perspectives of scientific literacy: an overview of the special issue

Richard K. Coll and Neil Taylor                                                                                     197-200

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Research Articles


On scientific literacy and curriculum reform

Justin Dillon                                                                                                                                      201-213

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Scientific literacy in Central Appalachia through contextually relevant experiences:

the “reading the river” project

April D. Haight and Wilson J. González-Espada                                                               215- 230

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Promoting scientific literacy using a sociocritical and problem-oriented approach to chemistry teaching: concept, examples, experiences

Ralf Marks and Ingo Eilks                                                                                                        231-245

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Perspectives of German and US students as they make meaning of science in their everyday lives

Paul J. Preczewski, Alexandra Mittler and John W. Tillotson                                                 247-258

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The Communication in science inquiry project (CISIP): a project to enhance scientific literacy through the creation of science classroom discourse communities

Dale R. Baker, Elizabeth B. Lewis, Senay Purzer, Nievita Bueno Watts, Gita Perkins,

Sibel Uysal, Sissy Wong, Rachelle Beard and Michael Lang                                                             259-274

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The meaning of scientific literacy

Jack Holbrook and Miia Rannikmae                                                                                                        275-288

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Scientific literacy and purposes for teaching science: a case study of Lebanese private school teachers

Danielle Dani                                                                                                                                               289-299

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Beyond science literacy: science and the public

Xiufeng Liu                                                                                                                                                    301-311

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Towards an integrated learning strategies approach to promoting scientific literacy in the South African context

Paul Webb                                                                                                                                                    313-334

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Scientific literacy and Thailand science education

Chokchai Yuenyong and Pattawan Narjaikaew                                                                                    335-349

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