The Challenges of Scientific Literacy: From the viewpoint of second-generation cognitive science

• Published in: International journal of science education Vol. 28; no. 2-3; pp. 143 - 178
• Main Author: Klein, Perry D.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 15.02.2006; Taylor & Francis Group Journals; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Cognitive Processes; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Educational sciences; Epistemology; Exact and natural sciences; Inferences; Knowledge Level; Language Usage; Research Reports; Science Education; Scientific Literacy; Scientists; Teaching methods; Thinking Skills; Writing Skills; Language; Reasoning; Conceptualization; Science; Science Education; Metaphor; Cognitive psychology

Recent trends in cognitive science have not made scientific literacy easier to attain, but they have made the practices through which educators meet its challenges more interpretable. Traditionally, cognitive scientists viewed knowledge as a set of propositions comprised of classical concepts, thoug...