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Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts - An Interdisciplinary Inquiry (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,829
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Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts - An Interdisciplinary Inquiry (Hardcover): Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm

Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts - An Interdisciplinary Inquiry (Hardcover)

Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm

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Technology, a product of science, is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional storytelling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. As the Internet becomes faster, more visually powerful, and easier to manipulate there will be an explosion of virtual environments, with literacy taking on a whole new meaning. While the word literacy has become almost synonymous with the word competence, the authors prefer the definitions found in the new language arts and science standards. For example, the National Science Education Standards suggests that scientific literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed.

As this book explores important new dimensions of linguistic and scientific literacy it looks at developing literacies not covered well in schools today. It is the authors' belief that an understanding of science and the processes of science can make major contributions to the ability to learn, reason, make decisions, and solve problems. Thus learning about the natural world helps develop intellectual tools of inquiry that can be used with the language arts and other disciplines. Interdisciplinary activities can help develop the skills in both science and language that are becoming so essential for personal fulfillment, performing in the workplace, and being an informed citizen.

This book is designed as a supplementary text for methods classes in elementary science and language arts education. It is also intended as a resource and guide for preservice and inservice elementary and middle school teachers.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1998
First published: October 1998
Authors: Dennis Adams • Mary Hamm
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-575-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy
Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development
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LSN: 0-89789-575-4
Barcode: 9780897895750

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