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

Shamos argues that a meaningful scientific literacy cannot be achieved in the first place, and the attempt is a misuse of human resources on a grand scale. He i

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

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and

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