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Santos, Íris – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
This article seeks to analyse how epistemic work (Alasuutari, 2018; Alasuutari and Qadir, 2019) in Portuguese parliamentary education debates develops through externalisation to world situations (Schriewer, 1990) whose references are used as epistemic capital (Alasuutari, 2018). The study explores debates occurring during Legislature X…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Democracy, Educational Policy
Abdulaziz Alshahrani – AILA Review, 2023
The aim of this paper was to evaluate gender differences in the language used in United Nations (UN) General Assembly debates by one male and one female representative each from India, China, the USA, and Indonesia. The critical discourse analysis (CDA) framework of van Dijk (2015) was used along with the 25 discursive devices in this framework.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Gender Differences, International Organizations, Language Usage
Yu-Ren Lin; Tzu-Ting Wei – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
This study examined the effects of students' argumentation standpoints on their argumentation learning in the context of socio-scientific issues (SSIs). To that end, four kinds of argumentation standpoints were defined: affirmative standpoints, oppositional standpoints, multiple standpoints, and non-standpoints. These four kinds of standpoints…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Persuasive Discourse, Learning Processes, Social Problems
Martins, Marina; Justi, Rosária – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The aims of this paper are twofold. First, we present, justify, and characterise an instrument for analysing students' argumentative reasoning developed from Walton's ideas. Then, from the analysis of students' argumentative discussion about a socio-scientific controversy, we identify the advantages and disadvantages of using the instrument. The…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Abstract Reasoning, Debate, Science and Society
Naimah – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This research shows the power of powerful metaphors in a language or linguistic perspective. It aimed at examining the important factors like reproduction of metaphors according to the theme of contestation, its duration, use of electronic media and problems associated with their forms, class and syntactic structures in a linguistic perspective.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Video Technology, Political Attitudes
Torres, Nidia; Cristancho, Jose Gabriel – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2018
The aim of this study is to analyze the forms of argumentation regarding a socio-economic question related to the consumption of coffee by a group of 32 students with a Bachelor's Degree in Natural Science and Environmental Education. For this, a rubric was used to analyze three fundamental aspects: content, structure, and position or response in…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science and Society, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students
Casas-Quiroga, Lucía; Crujeiras-Pérez, Beatriz – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study is framed in the social perspective of Epistemology of Science, and it aims to examine the epistemic operations performed by high school students while engaged in a role-play about food safety that requires them to engage in both argumentation and decision-making practices. The epistemic operations are examined on two different levels:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Science Process Skills
Talbani, Aziz – Education and Society, 2018
The article examines the ideological forces that are influencing educational policies and curriculum debates in Pakistan. In Pakistan, ideology has gripped education and contemporary, global economic and cultural changes taking place are put on the back burners. As the result, the government of Pakistan has failed to address economic woes of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Social Change, Ideology, Debate
Cano, Maribel; Castelló, Montserrat; Leitão, Selma – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze how oral argumentative strategies, argumentative sequences and interaction patterns relate to argumentative content and the required learning objectives. Method: Two different kinds of debates were analyzed. In the first, the participants defended one point of view, while in the second the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, College Freshmen, Debate, Oral Language
Pons, Xavier – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
This article traces the evolution of the French policy PISA debate from 2001 to 2014 by analysing the results of two original qualitative researches. Theoretically, this debate is the outcome of specific policy configurations, which predetermine its scope, content and effectiveness. These configurations are themselves described through their…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Debate, Politics of Education, Institutional Characteristics
Andryuchshenko, Olga K.; Suyunova, Gulnara S.; Nygmetova, Bibigul Dz.; Garanina, Ekaterina P. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The article provides analysis of the interrupted communication as part of the communication in the election discourse. The authors explored the most typical reasons for the interrupted communication in the electoral discourse analyzed communication failures as a kind of ineffective communication. Communication failures are presented as a result of…
Descriptors: Elections, Pragmatics, Intention, Discourse Analysis
Peter, Christine Atieno; Mukuthuria, Mwenda; Muriung, Peter – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Presupposition, a linguistic element can be employed in utterances. When this is done it enhances the comprehension of what is being communicated. This aspect of language that is implicit assumption of an utterance is a strategy that may be used to express a speaker's socio-political dominance. The truth of what is said is taken for granted and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Debate, Political Influences, Social Influences
Gronostay, Dorothee – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Being challenged by opposing views in a controversial discussion can stimulate the production of more elaborate and sophisticated argumentations. According to the model of argument reappraisal (Leitão, 2000), such processes require transactivity, meaning that students do not only give reasons to support their own position (e.g., pro/contra…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate
Vieira, Rodrigo Drumond; da Rocha Bernardo, José Roberto; Evagorou, Maria; de Melo, Viviane Florentino – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
In this article, we focus on the contributions that a simulated jury-based activity might have for pre-service teachers, especially for their active participation and learning in teacher education. We observed a teacher educator using a series of simulated juries as teaching resources to help pre-service teachers develop their pedagogical…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Simulation
English, Claire – Research-publishing.net, 2013
Online social media have become integral to individuals' media and communication repertoires globally. They provide spaces to meet with friends, reconnect with old acquaintances and gather around shared topics of interest. This chapter presents findings from a qualitative study into the role of online social media in the lives of 25 to 30 year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Web 2.0 Technologies, Qualitative Research