EDCI 5012

The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist. But since writing is often secondary in scientific education and teaching, there remains a significant need for guides that teach scientists how best to convey their research to general and professional audiences. The Craft of Scientific Communication will teach science students and scientists alike how to improve the clarity, cogency, and communicative power of their words and images. In this remarkable guide, Joseph E. Harmon and Alan G. Gross have combined their many years of experience in the art of science writing to analyze published examples of how the best scientists communicate. Organized topically with information on the structural elements and the style of scientific communications, each chapter draws on models of past successes and failures to show students and practitioners how best to negotiate the world of print, online publication, and oral presentation.

One of the greatest challenges in education today is to adapt and respond to a linguistically and culturally diverse world, and to combat social disintegration and discrimination. Participatory and collaborative action research represents an empowering and emancipatory approach to this challenge because the "target groups" become involved as equal partners. This book provides guidance for trainers of youth and adult educators and for those who manage non-formal education and curriculum development programmes in youth and adult literacy. It is also aimed at publishers and authors who want to improve their services and products by collaborating more closely with their readerships. Contents of this book are as follows: (1) Introduction (Hassana Alidou and Christine Glanz); (2) Action research from a theoretical perspective (Hassana Alidou and Christine Glanz); (3) Conducting action research--three examples from practice (Hassana Alidou, Christine Glanz, Maman Mallam Garba, Alemayehu Hailu Gebre and Mamadou Amadou Ly); (4) A frame of reference for good quality youth and adult literacy provision in multilingual contexts (Hassana Alidou and Christine Glanz); (5) From theory to practice: an application of quality principles and criteria (Hassana Alidou and Christine Glanz); and (6) Summary of the main messages (Hassana Alidou and Christine Glanz). A glossary and bibliography are included.