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Download full textJoanne Hardman; Beata Set – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2023
Background: The need to meet the demands of education in the 21st century has seen Namibia move, after democracy in 1990, from a segregationist educational system to an inclusive one in a bid to develop students' capacities to think critically, particularly in science. Research indicates that cultural taboos can impact on how science knowledge is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Cultural Influences, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Direct linkLiu, Gi-Zen; Chiu, Wan-Yu; Lin, Chih-Chung; Barrett, Neil E. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
To date, the concept of English for Specific Purposes has brought about a great impact on English language learning across various disciplines, including those in science education. Hence, this review paper aimed to address current English language learning in the science disciplines through the practice of computer-assisted language learning to…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Literature Reviews
Fensham, Peter J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The globalized nature of modern society has generated a number of pressures that impact internationally on countries' policies and practices of science education. Among these pressures are key issues of health and environment confronting global science, global economic control through multi-national capitalism, comparative and competitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Global Approach, Science and Society
Martin, Sonya N.; Siry, Christina – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
In this paper, we employ cultural sociology and Braj Kachru's model of World Englishes as theoretical and analytical tools for considering English as a form of capital necessary for widely disseminating research findings from local networks of practice to the greater science education research community. We present a brief analysis of recent…
Descriptors: Researchers, Communities of Practice, Access to Information, English for Science and Technology
