Scientific Literacy for Participation A Systemic Functional Approach
Scientific literacy is approached on the premise that language is key to understand the nature of both learning and participation, in scientists’ practices as well as in liberal education for citizenship. Some of the questions that are addressed in the bo
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Scientific Literacy for Participation A Systemic Functional Approach to Analysis of School Science Discourses
Erik Knain Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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To my wife Anneli, love of my life
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xiii
Acknowledgement of Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Materials Chapter 1: An Anatomy of Discourses
xv 1
Introduction ‘Discourse’ is Text in Context Levels of Meaning: Situation, Genre and Culture Metafuntions of Language Discourse Analysis and Analysis of Learning Designs Summary
1 4 9 18 22 24
Chapter 2: Functional Grammar: How We Mean
25
Introduction Ideational Meaning: Construing Experience into Meaning Interpersonal Meaning Textual Meaning Below and Around the Clause Using Functional Grammar in Analysis Acts of Meaning: Extending the Perspective Learning and Participation in Discourses: Outline of Model Summary
25 26 30 36 40 42 43 48 57
Chapter 3: Multimodal Representations
59
Introduction Similarities and Differences between Visual and Verbal Language Visual Grammar Affordances of Forms of Representation Interacting with Multimodal Representations Summary
59 62 64 77 80 83
Chapter 4: The Language of School Science
85
Introduction The Language of Science Experimental Practices of School Science Summary vii
85 86 100 107
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Chapter 5: The Discourses of Negotiating Complexity
109
Introduction The Construal of Complexity by Intertextuality Acting on Energy Use in a Gaming Environment Summary
109 112 121 128
Chapter 6: Critical Discourse Analysis
129
Introduction Tracing Out a Discourse: Images of Science Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis Ideologies in the Norwegian Core Curriculum Summary
129 133 135 137 147
Chapter 7: The Transformation Model Revisited
149
Introduction The Transformation Model Revisited Further Notes on School Science Discourses
149 149 152
References
157
Index
163
viii
PREFACE
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WHY THIS BOOK
The ambition of this book is to offer an in-depth understanding of language, meaning and text in school science. Like many academic books, this book is written because I experienced a need for it. When supervising students at master and PhD levels I found that students needed an account that offer an in-depth understa
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