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Language and science: products and processes of signification in the educational dialogue

September 19, 2008 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Exhibitions, Informal/Formal Connections
Global changes such as urbanisation, new ways of travelling, new information and communication technologies are causing radical changes in the relationships between human beings and the environment we are both a part of and depend on. Relationships which – according to a multiplicity of researches in various fields – are crucially important. Science education and the language of science risk exacerbating a tendency towards objectifying nature and inhabiting a virtual reality, thereby rendering ever more tenuous the dialogue between people and the natural world. This article examines two approaches to science and language – as products or as processes – and suggests how awareness of the dynamic relationship between language and knowledge can help restore that vital dialogue.

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  • Martin Dodman
    Author
    University of Torino
  • Elena Camino
    Author
    University of Torino
  • Giuseppe Barbiero
    Author
    Università della Valle d’Aosta
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 7
    Number: 2
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Public Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Exhibitions | Informal/Formal Connections

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