Global Developments in Literacy Research for Science Education [Hardcover]

This book highlights recent developments in literacy research in science teaching and learning??from countries such as Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain,?South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United?States. It includes multiple topics and perspectives on the role of literacy in enhancing science teaching and learning, such as the struggles faced by students in science literacy learning, case studies and evaluations of classroom-based interventions, and the challenges encountered in the science classrooms. It offers a critical and comprehensive investigation on numerous emerging themes in the area of literacy and science education, including disciplinary literacy, scientific literacy, classroom discourse, multimodality, language and representations of science, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The diversity of views and research contexts in this volume presents a useful introductory handbook for academics, researchers, and graduate students working in this specialized niche area. With a wealth of instructional ideas and innovations, it is also highly relevant for teachers and teacher educators seeking to improve science teaching and learning through the use of literacy.?

Foreword, Elizabeth Moje.- 1 The expanding development of literacy research in science education around the world, Kok-Sing Tang and Kristina Danielsson.- Part 1 National Curriculum & Initiatives.- 2 The implementation of scientific literacy as basic skills in Norway after the school reform of 2006, Erik Knain and Marianne ?degaard.- 3 But Im not an English teacher! Disciplinary literacy in Australian science classrooms, Chris Davison and Sue Ollerhead.- 4 Meeting disciplinary literacy demands in content learning: The Singapore perspective, Caroline Ho, Natasha Rappa, and Kok-Sing Tang.- ló0