Encouraging and equipping students to engage critically with science in the news: what can we learn from the literature?

Studies in Science Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-49

  McClune, Billy ^a   Jarman, Ruth ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classroom practice; critical thinking; media; news; science; scientific literacy; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858243986     PISSN: 03057267     EISSN: 19408412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2012.655036     Document Type: Review

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