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@article{BravoTorija2012ProgressionIC, title={Progression in Complexity: Contextualizing Sustainable Marine Resources Management in a 10th Grade Classroom}, author={Beatriz Bravo-Torija and Mar{\'i}a Pilar Jim{\'e}nez-Aleixandre}, journal={Research in Science Education}, year={2012}, volume={42}, pages={5-23}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:62594381}}
  • B. Bravo-Torija, M. Jiménez-Aleixandre
  • Published 2012
  • Environmental Science, Education
  • Research in Science Education

Sustainable management of marine resources raises great challenges. Working with this socio-scientific issue in the classroom requires students to apply complex models about energy flow and trophic pyramids in order to understand that food chains represent transfer of energy, to construct meanings for sustainable resources management through discourse, and to connect them to actions and decisions in a real-life context. In this paper we examine the process of elaboration of plans for resources…

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