Public participation in an environmental dispute: implications for science education Tytler, Russell, Duggan, Sandra and Gott, Richard 2001, Public participation in an environmental dispute: implications for science education, Public understanding of science, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 343-364, doi: 10.1088/0963-6625/10/4/301. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Public participation in an environmental dispute: implications for science education Author(s) Tytler, Russell orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-7240 Duggan, Sandra Gott, Richard Journal name Public understanding of science Volume number 10 Issue number 4 Start page 343 End page 364 Publisher SAGE Publications Place of publication Bristol, England Publication date 2001 ISSN 0963-6625 1361-6609 Summary The paper, which reports the findings of a case study of an environmental dispute, focuses on the role of the key players and the way in which they interacted with the underlying science. A model is proposed that lays out some of the dimensions of the complexity of public involvement, of the understandings of the science pertinent to such socio-scientific issues, and of the way knowledge of science is represented and disseminated in such issues. The analysis focuses on the value of local knowledge in framing and engaging with the issue, on the distinction between generative and evaluative engagement, and on the type of knowledge that proved central for engagement. The implications for science education and notions of scientific literacy are discussed. Language eng DOI 10.1088/0963-6625/10/4/301 Field of Research 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2001, IOP Publishing Ltd and The Science Museum Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001251 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Scientific and Developmental Studies in Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 02 Oct 2008, 10:45:10 EST Tue, 21 Apr 2009, 14:09:54 EST Mon, 01 Jun 2009, 11:49:07 EST Mon, 01 Jun 2009, 12:01:44 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 15:59:12 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 35 times in TR Web of Science Cited 40 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1035 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 07:34:52 EST