A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, PEDAGOGY, AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT A SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

This study focuses on the promotion of scientific literacy within the natural science departments and how faculty within these departments define, incorporate, and evaluate scientific literacy in their courses. The researcher examined data from participant interviews, observations, and archival mate...

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Main Author:	Flynn, Deborah Kay
Other Authors:	Dr. Molly Weinburgh
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Language:	en
Published:	Texas Christian University 2011
Subjects:	School of Education
Online Access:	http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12162011-134726/

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spelling	ndltd-TCU-oai-etd.tcu.edu-etd-12162011-1347262013-01-08T02:48:37Z A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, PEDAGOGY, AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT A SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Flynn, Deborah Kay School of Education This study focuses on the promotion of scientific literacy within the natural science departments and how faculty within these departments define, incorporate, and evaluate scientific literacy in their courses. The researcher examined data from participant interviews, observations, and archival material from courses taught by the participants. The results of the research study suggest that participants express their idea of scientific literacy through storytelling, real world connections, technology, and collaboration. Results suggest that diversity in the perception of scientific literacy within these themes did occur, either actually or conceptually. The research used the definition and components set forth by the National Research Council as a benchmark when looking at the participants' own definition, incorporation and evaluation of scientific literacy. Dr. Molly Weinburgh Texas Christian University 2011-12-16 text application/pdf application/msword http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12162011-134726/ http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12162011-134726/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to TCU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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title	A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, PEDAGOGY, AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT A SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
title_short	A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, PEDAGOGY, AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT A SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, PEDAGOGY, AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT A SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

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