Description
Book SynopsisThis book is about the fundamental nature of talk in school science. Language as a formal system provides resources for conducting everyday affairs, including the doing of science. And while writing science is one aspect, talking science may in fact constitute a much more important means by which we navigate and know the world-the very medium through which we do science. In Talking Science Wolff-Michael Roth articulates a view of language that differs from the way science educators generally think about it. Knowing language, in this view, is no longer distinct from knowing one''s way around a particular section of the world. It is a non-representational view of language and dispenses with language as a barrier between the individual subject and the world it knows. In addition, the book includes detailed analyses from actual classrooms to exemplify what such a different approach means for science education. The conclusion is that once we have learned new ways of articulating the world
Trade ReviewI would certainly recommend this thought-provoking and stimulating book to anyone who is interested in the theory and practice of teaching and learning science in classroom settings. * Science Education *
Teacher training departments most certainly ought to have a copy on their library shelves. * Metapsychology Online *
Roth examines the importance of talking about science in the classroom. He finds that while writing about science is important, it is how instructors describe science and those writings that influences learner outcomes the most. * Scitech Books News *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Taking Position and Orienting in the World Chapter 3 Coevolution of World and Language Chapter 4 Contingency of Explanations Chapter 5 Public Language, Private Talk Chapter 6 Teaching: Mediating Access to World and Language Chapter 7 Adopting New Ways of Talking: A Question of Origin and Control? Chapter 8 Mediation of Language: Space, Physical Orientation, and Group Size Chapter 9 Epilogue: Language and Science
