Science Literacy: Concepts, Contexts, and Consequences

by Board on Science Education, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science, et al.

Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as well as use information to achieve desired ends. Access to science?whether using knowledge or creating it?necessitates some level of familiarity with the enterprise and practice of science: we refer to this as science literacy.

Science literacy is desirable not only for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309447569
• ISBN13: 9780309447560
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"