This book is a guide for teachers, student teachers, teacher educators, science education researchers and curriculum developers who wish to get to grips with th

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

Thier (teacher education, UC Berkeley) and journalist Bennett Daviss provide clear guidance on linking science and language instruction to simultaneously streng

Achieving Scientific Literacy offers a broad vision for improving science education.

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