Conceptualizing community scientific literacy: Results from a systematic literature review and a Delphi method survey of experts
K. C. Busch,
Aparajita Rajwade
Abstract:The predominant conceptualization of scientific literacy occurs on the micro scale of an individual person. However, scientific literacy can also be exhibited at the meso scale by groups of people in communities of place, practice, or interest. What comprises this community level scientific literacy (CSL) is both understudied and undertheorized. In this paper, we utilized a systematic literature review to describe how CSL is characterized in the extant literature and a Delphi survey of experts to elicit more c… Show more
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