Community-Gardens and Science Laboratories as Texts for Science Literacy Development

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A theoretical book chapter examines community gardens and science laboratories as "texts" that mediate the development of science literacy. Drawing on sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, Wertsch), it frames texts not merely as transmitters of information but as tools for dialogue and meaning-making, introducing the notion of texts as dynamic "participants" that change and grow with their users as the analytical basis for reading environments as texts.