Talking About the Universe in Minimal English: Teaching Science Through Words That Children Can Understand

Anna Wierzbicka

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_8

Talking About the Universe in Minimal English: Teaching Science Through Words That Children Can Understand

Anna Wierzbicka^*

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Abstract

Science education faces many challenges, not least that of rendering the key propositions into language that children can readily understand. This chapter applies Minimal English to a canonical science education narrative about changing scientific and pre-scientific understandings of the universe. It attempts to capture the key beliefs and mindsets associated with the views of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo, with a look ahead to the possibilities of further advances in scientific thinking about the cosmos.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Minimal English for a Global World
Subtitle of host publication	Improved Communication Using Fewer Words
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Pages	169-200
Number of pages	32
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319625126
ISBN (Print)	9783319625119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

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