Science literacy for all students: Language, culture, and knowledge about nature and naturally occurring events

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Yore, Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Nature of western science; Ontology; Science literacy; Scientific language discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956280337     PISSN: 15676617     EISSN: 15731731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17239/l1esll-2008.08.01.08     Document Type: Article

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