Adolescents as agents of healthful change through scientific literacy development: A school-university partnership program in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scientific literacy development is widely emphasized as the overarching goal of science education. It encompasses development of understanding of the nature of science as well as knowledge, attitudes, and values that contribute to empowering adolescents to engage with and make evidence-based decisions about socioscientific issues. Scientific literacy development is enhanced when learning is contextualized in exploration of socioscientific issues.Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) associated with a combination of obesity and adverse environmental exposures are examples of pressing health-related SSIs facing the world today. Evidence emerging from the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) has identified adolescence as a key life-phase where population-w

SUBMITTER: Bay JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310384 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature