Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822961032 ISBN 13 : 9780822961031

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the use of language and literacy issues in scientific research and in science classrooms. Working within the theoretical framework of systemic functional analysis, the book explores the evolution of scientific discourse in the English-speaking world, and the apprenticeship of students into the discourse in secondary schools.


The distinguished linguist M.A.K. Halliday and his colleague, J.R. Martin, show scientific discourses at work in a range of historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural sites: from the works of the nineteenth-century scientists to other cultures\u2019 textual representations of the natural world; from school students\u2019 writings on scientific knowledge and procedures to the construction of a \u201cSecret English\u201d of science in secondary school textbooks and classroom talk. While the book draws specifically from examples of Australian schooling, it both refers to and has immediate application to schooling in North America.


Running across these essays is a commitment not just to remaking science as a humane endeavor, but also to developing new analytic perspectives for critiquing science. They will be of particular interest to science and literacy educators and to educational linguists teaching in the field of English.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is about the use of language in the science classroom. It discusses the evolution of scientific discourse for learning in secondary schools, and examines the form and function of language across a variety of levels including lexiogrammar, discourse semantics, register, genre and ideology. Special attention is paid to how this knowledge is imparted. It will be of particular interest to educators involved with linguistics and/or science curriculum and teachers of English for special and academic purposes.; It is aimed at teachers of undergraduates in science and literacy, linguists teaching in English for special and academic purposes and students in higher education with an interest in science and literacy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822961032
• ISBN 13: 9780822961031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Halliday M. A. K., Martin J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible