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Deciphering the Anatomy of Scientific Argumentation

The Emergence of Science Literacy

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Learning across Contexts in the Knowledge Society

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The dramatic expansion of knowledge during recent decades, as well as the rapid development of digital technologies providing access to information, poses interesting challenges to established educational activities, including attempts to introduce young people to modern scientific practices and their results.

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Edstrand, E., Lantz-Andersson, A., Säljö, R., Mäkitalo, Å. (2016). Deciphering the Anatomy of Scientific Argumentation. In: Erstad, O., Kumpulainen, K., Mäkitalo, Å., Schrøder, K.C., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Jóhannsdóttir, T. (eds) Learning across Contexts in the Knowledge Society. The Knowledge Economy and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-414-5_3

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