Assessing Use of Language as Mediating Mean in Science Teaching in Activity Theory Terms: A Discourse Analysis in Socioculturally Diverse Classroom Settings in Greece-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assessing Use of Language as Mediating Mean in Science Teaching in Activity Theory Terms: A Discourse Analysis in Socioculturally Diverse Classroom Settings in Greece

Published:2022 Issue:4 Volume:18 Page:102-110
ISSN:1816-5435
Container-title:Cultural-Historical Psychology
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Author:

Lathouris D.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Nicosia

Abstract

<p>In this study, language is considered as mediating mean in science teaching within socioculturally diverse settings. It assesses how language can work in activity theory terms to understand scientific concepts. The particular interest concerns the nature of the Greek language which can give chances to approach more systematically scientific concepts. This research was conducted in two different classes of 5<sup>th</sup> grade pupils with socioculturally diverse characteristics in a Greek primary school through a discourse analysis tool that was used in other researches about science teaching. Language use took place in the context of activity theory, being a mediating mean. The results of the present study, lead to the conclusion that use of language in science teaching even in socioculturally diverse classroom settings can contribute to a better understanding of the scientific concepts, making scientific language familiar to pupils and facilitating them to appropriate it more effectively.</p>

Publisher

Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

Subject

Psychology (miscellaneous),Social Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Cultural Studies,Applied Psychology

Link

https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/chp/archive/2022_n4/Lathouris_en.pdf

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