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Published in: Cultural Studies of Science Education 4/2015

02-09-2015 | Forum

In a different voice: promises and trials of non-English medium journals

Author: Yew-Jin Lee

Published in: Cultural Studies of Science Education | Issue 4/2015

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Abstract

Various issues confronting science education publications that cater for non-English speaking audiences are explored. With reference to an English-medium journal that the author co-edits, two main conundrums are discussed: (1) How to serve local school practitioners in concrete ways while fulfilling the institutional goals of academia, and (2) the struggle to promote research from non-English speaking contexts against the hegemony of the English language. It is suggested that valuing difference can create much educational value and thereby allow one’s science teaching to be interrogated, evolve, and maintain its relevancy.

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Literature
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Metadata
Title
In a different voice: promises and trials of non-English medium journals
Author
Yew-Jin Lee
Publication date
02-09-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Cultural Studies of Science Education / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1871-1502
Electronic ISSN: 1871-1510
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-015-9690-8

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