The role of discourse in society is active; it not only re-… - Jay Lemke

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The role of discourse in society is active; it not only re-confirms and re-enacts existing social relationships and patterns of behavior, it also renegotiates social relationships and introduces new meanings and new behaviors.

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(born 1946) is an American physicist, and professor of education at the University of Michigan.

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Science has often presented itself, intentionally or unintentionally as a "truer" or even the true way of talking about the world. In science classrooms, except for rare occasions, this is the way science is taught and presented. Not as a way of talking about the world, but as the way the world is.

The language others speak to us, from childhood, shapes the attitudes and beliefs that ground how we use all our powers of action.

Minds are formed by our social interactions in a community and a culture.

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