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Craig-Hare, Jana; Ault, Marilyn; Rowland, Amber – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of argumentation discourse displayed by students when they engaged in chat as part of an online multiplayer game about both socioscientific and scientific topics. Specifically, this study analyzed discourse episodes created by middle school students as they discussed scientific and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy, Persuasive Discourse
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Gustafsson, Barbro; Ohman, Johan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
School is assumed to equip students with subject knowledge and contribute to their development as human beings and democratic citizens as well. In this article, the democratic dimension of the teaching assignment is brought to the fore, and an analysis tool for investigating students' conversations on socioscientific issues that emphasises…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Discourse Analysis, Democratic Values, Educational Theories
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Levinson, Ralph; Kent, Phillip; Pratt, David; Kapadia, Ramesh; Yogui, Cristina – Science Education, 2012
Risk has now become a feature of science curricula in many industrialized countries. While risk is conceptualized within a number of different theoretical frameworks, the predominant model used in examination specifications is a utility model in which risk calculations are deemed to be objective through technical expert assessment and where the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Decision Making, Cultural Influences