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Wilmes, Sara E. D.; Siry, Christina – Research in Science Education, 2021
Science teaching and learning are discursive practices, yet analysis of these practices has frequently been grounded in theorizations that place language at the forefront of interaction and meaning-making. Such language-centric analytic approaches risk overlooking key embodied, enacted aspects of students' engagement in science practices. This…
Descriptors: Interaction, Multilingualism, Learner Engagement, Student Participation
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Ünsal, Zeynep; Jakobson, Britt; Molander, Bengt-Olov; Wickman, Per-Olof – Research in Science Education, 2018
In this study, we examine how bilingual students in elementary school use their languages and what this means for their meaning-making in science. The class was multilingual with students bilingual in different minority languages and the teacher monolingual in Swedish. The analysis is based on a pragmatic approach and the theory of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students