Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts
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Book Description
Technology, a product of science, is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional storytelling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. As the Internet becomes faster, more visually powerful, and easier to manipulate there will be an explosion of virtual environments, with literacy taking on a whole new meaning. While the word literacy has become almost synonymous with the word competence, the authors prefer the definitions found in the new language arts and science standards. For example, the National Science Education Standards suggests that "scientific literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed."
About the Author
MARY HAMM is a professor Elemenatary Science and Math Education, San Francisco State University, Department of Elementary Education. DENNIS ADAMS is on the faculty of Montclair State University, New Jersey.
Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry,Mary Hamm,Dennis Adams,Bergin & Garvey Paperback,0897895762,Curricula,Education,Engineering,General,Group work in education,Language arts,Science,Study & Teaching,Study and teaching,Education / Curricula
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