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A particular classroom incident, and the vignette I used to portray it, had a significant impact on the interpretative framework for my research into scientific literacy. In this chapter, I will trace the salient elements of this vignette including its construction, justification, and effects. I present the vignette, and then track back to the research methodology that I employed, which guided the writing of the vignette. I explain how this writing led to the emergence of a metaphorical framework for scientific literacy and conclude with a discussion of the criteria used to judge these forms of representation.
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Willison, J. (2007). The Impact of a Research Vignette on My Metaphorical Understandings. In: Taylor, P.C., Wallace, J. (eds) Contemporary Qualitative Research. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5920-9_12
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