ERIC Number: EJ1455069
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 37
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
EISSN: EISSN-1098-2736
Translanguaging Practices in Global K-12 Science Education Settings: A Systematic Literature Review
Zhenjie Hou; Jie Zhang; May JadAllah; Araceli Enriquez-Andrade; Hien Thi Tran; Raju Ahmmed
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v62 n1 p270-306 2025
Recently, there has been a surge of literature on the implementation of translanguaging pedagogy and practices in science education settings. By activating and validating learners' full communicative repertoire, translanguaging holds promise to build an inclusive science learning community where multilingual learners' ways of knowing are not only respected but celebrated and extended. Drawing from the dual synergy between translanguaging and science education on multimodalities and social justice agenda, this systematic review synthesized the key features of empirical research published from 2010 to 2023 that reported translanguaging practices in global K-12 formal and informal science education settings. The results indicated high heterogeneity in the studied socio-geographic landscapes and in the definition, implementation, and implication of translanguaging practices. Analysis of the science sense-making practices indicates some epistemic practices are more widely represented than others, with marginal global differences observed. To maintain and embolden the synergy between science education and translanguaging, our findings recommend increased collaboration between Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and bilingual education and collaboration between teachers and researchers to develop an effective translanguaging environment for science learning.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Language Usage, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Multiple Literacies, Research Reports, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, STEM Education, Bilingual Education, Social Justice, Multilingualism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 2247435