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Over the last couple of years I have been concerned that the move to focus on the multi domain approach to teaching and learning has been to the detriment of teaching literacy at our school. It is with great satisfaction then that the introduction and progress we have made in the area of teaching Scientific Literacy has recently reignited the need to teach the speaking and listening skills of the literacy program.
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France, A. (2011). Speaking About Scientific Literacy. In: Loughran, J., Smith, K., Berry, A. (eds) Scientific Literacy Under the Microscope. Professional Learning, vol 11. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-528-4_11
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