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Talking Science
Wolff-Michael Roth
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Description for Talking Science
Paperback. Series: Reverberations: Contemporary Curriculum and Pedagogy. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
This book is about the fundamental nature of talk in school science. Language as a formal system provides resources for conducting everyday affairs, including the doing of science. And while writing science is one aspect, talking science may in fact constitute a much more important means by which we navigate and know the world-the very medium through which we do science. In Talking Science Wolff-Michael Roth articulates a view of language that differs from the way science educators generally think about it. Knowing language, in this view, is no longer distinct from knowing one's way around a particular section ... Read more
This book is about the fundamental nature of talk in school science. Language as a formal system provides resources for conducting everyday affairs, including the doing of science. And while writing science is one aspect, talking science may in fact constitute a much more important means by which we navigate and know the world-the very medium through which we do science. In Talking Science Wolff-Michael Roth articulates a view of language that differs from the way science educators generally think about it. Knowing language, in this view, is no longer distinct from knowing one's way around a particular section ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Reverberations: Contemporary Curriculum and Pedagogy
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742537071
SKU
V9780742537071
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About Wolff-Michael Roth
Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Reviews for Talking Science
I would certainly recommend this thought-provoking and stimulating book to anyone who is interested in the theory and practice of teaching and learning science in classroom settings.
Science Education
Teacher training departments most certainly ought to have a copy on their library shelves.
Metapsychology Online
Roth examines the importance of talking about science in the classroom. ... Read more
Science Education
Teacher training departments most certainly ought to have a copy on their library shelves.
Metapsychology Online
Roth examines the importance of talking about science in the classroom. ... Read more