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Talk, tools, and tensions: observing biological talk over time
[journal article]
Abstract The goal of this study is to explore new tools for analyzing scientific sense
making in out-of-school settings. Although such measures are now common in
science classroom research, dialogically-based methodological approaches are
relatively new to informal learning research. Such out-of-classroom se... view more
The goal of this study is to explore new tools for analyzing scientific sense
making in out-of-school settings. Although such measures are now common in
science classroom research, dialogically-based methodological approaches are
relatively new to informal learning research. Such out-of-classroom settings have
more recently become a breeding ground for new design approaches for tracking
scientific talk and ideas within complex data sets. The research reported here
seeks to understand the language people do use to make sense of the life sciences
over time. Another goal of this study is to track biological themes over time, using
a new analytical scheme, Tool for Observing Biological Talk Over Time
(TOBTOT). Our analyses are linked to and informed by tensions between
particularistic and holistic data collection and analysis, qualitative and
quantitative representations, and everyday and formal science discourse. These
tensions and our analyses are linked to larger theoretical frameworks and to the
recursive interplay between theory and practice.... view less
Classification
Special areas of Education
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Education and Pedagogics
Free Keywords
informal education
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 1581-1602
Journal
International Journal of Science Education, 29 (2007) 12
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690701494118
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)