Monday, July 14, 2014

Legend



Name   :Marhamah
Class    : B.4.1
NS       : 1223122
Legend

Nyai Lara Kidul

            “Mother, what’s wrong with me?” cried Dewi Kadita. She clearly remembered her father, king Siliwangi of pajajaran kingdom, praised her just a couple hours before she want to bed, “you have your mother’s beauty, my lovely daughter.” That very moment, what she saw in the mirror was the most horrible creature. Her skin became full with disguisting brown scales, among which smelly yellowish secretion slowly emerged. Her eyes were protruding and surrounded with blackened skin. Her lips were also blackened and wringkled. Most of her long hair had dissapeared. She could hardly recognize herself.                                          
“Mother!” she screamed.
“yes, sweetheart, “her mother, who was still lying on her bed, turn around and faces her. Both of them screamed of the top of their voice. Theylooked just the same. They had been the most beautiful mother and daughter at pajajaran, but they suddenly turned hideous.
            “Mother, what has happened to us?” asked Dewi Kadita                             
            Both were crying.
            “I dont know,sweetheart,” the mother said, trying to soothe her daughter, but deep inside she knew who did that to them. Being the king”s most beautiful wife, she had made the other wives jealous. Yhey must have conspired to use some kind of black magic to deform her body and that of her daughter’s.
            The news spread as quickly as lightning. King siliwangi was told that they were bad luck for the kingdom. Both the cursed women had to be exiled from the kingdom : otherwise, the kingdom would suffer great missfortune.
            Intimidated by the words, the king forced them to leave the kingdom that night. They left the palace with no soldier guarding, no ladies – in -waiting escorting, and no golden chariot waiting.
            Off they walked to the nightboring kingdom. Not knowing how to get there, they reached the soutern coast of java and finally decided that they would walk along the coast to the east.
            On their seventh day walking, Dewi mother said, “I cant stand it anymore”.
            “Mother, plase be strong for me,”  begged Dewi.” Im sure there will be someone who can help us.”
            “Leave me alone here,”the mother said, “go to mataram.Try to meet king panembahan senapati and ask for his marcy.”
            “I cant leave you, mother,” Dewi started crying.
            Her mother sat on her knees. Blood flowed from her nose. Then she fell, her breath was gone.
            Dewi screamed,”Mother please dont go! Please dont.”
            Out of the blue a big wave fulled he rmother’s body into the ocean. Dewi run after the body, but the soutern ocean was too powerful for the girl, she ended up sitting above a rock about a kilometer from the shore. She was so exhausted that she fell asleep on it.
            While sleeping, she was sure that she heard her mother say. “jump into the water, sweetheart. It’s the only way to help you out of the curse.” When she woke up, eith no second thought, she jumped into the sea.
            The voilent ocean swallowed her. She was tossed about helplessly. Up, down, and twisted.” This is it” she thought. “this is the end.
            Only miracles could explain how amazed she was when she opened her eyes. She was in a wonderful golden palace on the bed of the ocean. She looked at herself in the morror; she couldnt believe what she saw. She had become event more beautiful and stunning . she was dressed in green, which make a remarkable contras to her bright skin. Her hair was let loose, ornamented with pearls and jasmine petals.
            She turned around an saw an unbelievable sight; all the sea creatures were bowing to show they respect. “long live the queen of shout sea,” they said. Only then did she relize she was not a common human being anymore. The spirits and demons of the ocean had crowned her to be their queen and name her Nyai Lara Kidul which in javaness mean the beautiful majesty from the shout;
            “king panembahan senapi of mataram kingdom is having a meditation at the beach, “she said to her attendants.” I will she him .escort me there.”
            The ocean was rough and displaying huge waves as Nyai Lara Kidul sat in her most beautiful gold chariot, guarded by a number of armored demon troops, heading to parangtritis beach.
            She spotted the handsome king siting on a rock .as she walked toward him,the king opened his eyes. They fell in love at once, and the king asked her to be his wife.
            “My mighty king,” she said,” im honored to be your wife, but forgive me that I can’t be at your side as normal wife should, for I’m  the queen of the shouth sea. Nevertheless, I willbe loyal not only to you but also to you descendants, the king of mataram . I will prptect the king and their people. But now I will even help you conquer the pajajaran kingdom.”
            The king smilled and nodded his head.
            “May add one thing , your majesty ?, she added .” I wil be the only one hwois allowed to wear something green tohonnor my king. Perhaps harm should be done to those who wear my sacred color at the shothern coast.”
            To this day, people who visit the shouttern coast of java respect and fear Nyai Lara Kidul by not wearing green near the beach.





Name   : Marhamah

Class    : B. 4.1

Npm    : 1223122

poem

If I Do Not See You...

By: Anna Akhmatova



If I do not see you 
I feel: minutes, as centuries, are endless.
If I once had seen you 
Again suffers a heart’s wound, so merciless.
If I do not see you 
I am winded with frost and with darkness.
If I once had seen you 
Seared by something, with boiled pitch in likeness.
                        
If I want to see you 
Angels’ hands will convey me to Heaven.
If I once had seen you 
To the tortures of Hell I am given.
And my peace is a loss:
Without you or with you – it’s in ruins:
I’m not got by the earth,
And repelled by the heavenly blueness.





Name   : Marhamah
Classs  : B.4.1.
NPM   : 1223122
Khulil qur’an
Al-Baqarah (The Cow) - سورة البقرة
Surah Al-Baqarah is the second surah into quran. In this surah has 286  ayat, 6.221 words and 25.500 letters and include madaniyah surah, it is long surah in the quran.

2:1 it mean that
Alif, Lam, Meem
.
2:2
It mean that: This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah -


2:3
It mean that: Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them,

2:4
It mean that: And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

2:5
It mean that: Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.


2:6
It mean that: Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.


2:7
It mean that: Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.


2:8
It mean that: And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allah and the Last Day," but they are not believers.








Name   :Marhamah
Class    :B.4.1
NPM   :1223122
Romantic Romance
Love is divine, not money
Once upon a time, there was a guy who was very much in love this girl. This romantic guy folded 1.000 pieces of paper cranes as gift to his lgirl, althougt at the time he was just a small exucutive in his company, his future doesnt seemed to bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannt visualize any future for the both of them, so let’s go their own ways there and than..... heart broken, tho guy bagreed.
            When he regained his confidence, he work hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of himself. He involved in many business involving insurence, banking, loan, investment, real state, stock exchange etc and made a lot of money. Finally with all these hard work and with the help of friends this guy had set up his own company wit of a lot money to spend and scure life.....
            “You never fail until you stop tyring. “he alway told himself.” I must make it in life!’’one rainy day while this guy was driving, he saw and elderly couple sharing and umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with umbrella, they were still drenched. It didnt take him long to realize those were his ex-girlfriend parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan. He wanted them to know that he was’nt the same anymore. He had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life!
            Before the guy can realize, the couple was walking towards a cometary, and he got out of his car and followed them....and he saw his ex-girlfriend, a photograph of her smilling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone......and he saw his precious paper cranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parent saw him. He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained, she did not leaave for france at all. She was stricken with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not when her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen too live him.
            She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes baside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept.... the worst way t o miss someone is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you can’t have them and will never see hem again.
            A tragic story that perhaps happens only in  the movies. At the end of the day,, money is money but love is divine. In our quest for our material wealth, take time to make time for our loves ones. There will be a time when we have only memories to cling to. Take this weekend to show your “love” to all that are close to us, how much you love them. Say I love  you in soft and lovely voice.
           

Journal

Name: Marhamah
B.IV.1


Romance Novel

Name: Marhamah
B.IV.1



Daydreaming

Flying high above the clouds, I looked down, shocked at the beauty of the countryside. I could see a light breeze go through the trees below me, of course, I was too high to feel it. I looked behind me, just for fun. My golden hair flying fast behind me, my wings, an iridescent mix of purples, pinks and blues, shined as they flapped. I angled my body and swooped down as I passed a lake and scooped up some water. I took it back up to the clouds, not spilling a drop.

I listened to the wind that flew past me. It almost seemed to call my name.

"Taylor. Taylor." I closed my eyes, listening carefully. It was definitely calling me now.

"Taylor. Taylor." It almost started to sound annoyed. Whatever, I was enjoying this way too much to care.

"TAYLOR!!" My eyes snapped open, only I wasn't in the sky anymore. Mrs. Jenson, my Algebra teacher was in front to me, looking very, very mad. "Welcome back, Ms. Evernight, so nice you could join us," sarcasm was apparent in her voice. Yeah, she was mad. "Now perhaps you would be so kind to answer my question?"

"Oh, right, um, x equals two-hundred ninety-one and three tenths." I answered absentmindedly. She looked shocked, actually the whole class did. Then I realized what I said and was shocked myself, I had no idea what she even asked.

"Yes, that is correct, but, that doesn't give you a pass to daydream again. Pay attention." she said, still amazed at what I did. I nodded knowing that I wouldn't listen to her.

Mrs. Jenson moved to the chalkboard and wrote some notes we needed to copy down. I started to copy them, but then I started to stare out the window, drifting back into a daydream. The sound of the bell ringing brought me out of it this time. I scrambled to get my stuff together and ran out the door.

When I got to my locker Mellina Henderson, my best friend, was already there. Well, she was at her locker, but it is right next to mine. I shoved my Algebra book in my locker and grabbed my Biology notes and book. My locker door closed and Mellina slid in front of it, and me.

"So, what was it this time? Swimming? Running? Princess? Elves?" she asked. Okay, I'll admit it; I have a bit of an imagination.

"Flying, it was so real. I could actually feel the wind in my hair."

"Was I there?" she asked, practically jumping up and down. She loves to hear about my daydreams-and regular ones too-and always wants to be a part of one. But, it's kind of like I have no control over them.

"Oh, um, yeah." I lied, unconvincingly.

"Don't lie to me," she said, crestfallen. "You're really bad at it."

"I'm sorry. But, I did feel your presence." That wasn't a lie at least. I did feel the presence of someone-or something. I think it was Mell. At least, I hope it was.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, oh, hey, could I borrow your Algebra notes? I started daydreaming after the first section." I pulled out my notes and showed her.

"What are you talking about? These are even better than mine. See?" She said flipping through pages in my notebook. I looked and saw almost two pages of notes, all in perfect order.

"But I...how?” I managed to stutter out, amazed.

"I don't know, but I think we better get to class. Don't you?" we hurried of to Biology, then we parted ways and I went off to World History, Study Hall and Free Period all flew by in daydreams. Eventually I went home and did-at least, I think I did-my homework. It was done either way.

I was daydreaming about flying again when my mom called me. I went downstairs to see what she wanted. She was getting off her cell phone and was typing something on her laptop. She didn't even look up when I came into her study.

"That was your Algebra teacher I just got off the phone with."

"Oh."

"She says you are very bright, but don't seem to be focusing. That you are daydreaming? What's going on, Taylor? I thought you said you were going to quit this daydreaming nonsense. Was that not what you said, or was I mistaken?"

"It isn't nonsense, it's-"

"Don't start with me, young lady. You know as well as I do, that it is nonsense. I didn't spend all of that money to send you to the best private school in the state, just for you to ruin it by daydreaming. Now, get your head out of the clouds, and think about your future. Because, if you don't nip this in the butt, you won't have one. Do you understand?" I nodded. "Good, now, go do your homework."

"I already did."

"Then go do...I don't care, just go do something that doesn't involve daydreaming."

"Okay, bye." I left her typing away at her computer and dialing someone on her cell. Knowing I wouldn't stop daydreaming. It was my release, she just doesn't get it, refuses to understand. So busy working and focusing on "the future" she forgets everything else, and doesn't care about it either.

I went back to my room and started to clean it. I threw my backpack on my unmade bed and started organizing my books. About halfway through, I started to daydream again. I pulled a nearby book to me and opened it to a random page, so my mom would just think I was reading if she checked on me.


I was standing in a courtyard, with snow falling all around me. I was wearing a pure white halter dress, barefoot. Cherry blossoms mixed with the snow. Frozen cherry blossoms were in my hair, which fell over my wings.

I tested my wings gingerly, afraid they would disappear-although they never did. I started flying, higher than I thought possible. I could see everything around me, it was beautiful. I spun around a couple times, just for fun, arms out, and something incredible happened. Some of the snow that was falling melted and the water followed my outstretched arms. I stopped spinning and stared. I lowered my arms and the water started to fall. I raised my arms quickly, while practically yelling "Freeze." And, get this, the water actually froze. I'm talking frozen, like ice.

I lowered my arms again, this time mentally telling the water to stay put. And it did. I started experimenting, moving my arms around, giving both mental and verbal commands, and just playing around.

"Well, at least you can follow my orders...For once." The voice was cold as steel, heartless, snapped me out of my daydream and was my mother's. I stared at her confused. Happy she thought I really was reading. "I should let you get back to work, shouldn't I?" I nodded, unsure what she was talking about, but I didn't care. I watched her leave then flew myself onto my made bed, sending stuffed animals flying.

I looked up amazed; my room was almost completely clean. I had no idea how that happened. I wasn't that freaked out, though-but I probably should have been. I was just happy it was clean. I looked at the alarm clock on my bed stand, eight-thirty P.M., I was shocked. It was only six when I started.

I finished cleaning my room, and was completely exhausted. I got ready for bed. I laid down and promptly fell asleep.

I was back in the courtyard but everything was different. I was in the same clothes, but the snow and cherry blossoms were gone, and everything looked dead. I felt something behind me and abruptly turned around. Nothing was there. I turned back around. I started to fly, but this time it was rough and hard to. I felt someone watching me again. I started moving away but it followed me. I was getting really freaked out now. Everywhere I went the feeling followed, sometimes getting stronger, but never dying down. Suddenly my wings disappeared. I started screaming as I plummeted to the ground. This is no ordinary dream, I thought, not knowing whether falling here would kill me or not. I was about to find out. I let out one last bloodcurdling scream before I hit the ground.

I woke up in my bed gasping for air. Afraid to fall asleep again.

Horror

Name: Marhamah
B.IV.1



Story horror

Darr The Mall

                                                     

                                                      




Asia's largest mall is ready for inauguration, although there's a myth surrounding the mall. There have been nine accidental deaths in the mall and the owners are sick of the stories about the mall being haunted. So they decide to re-launch their mall in a grand way. This is when the lead hero of the film Jimmy Shergill (Vishnu Sharma) enters.
He is an ex-army officer but lends up becoming the chief security officer of the Amity Mall. On the opening eve the owner of the mall, Mr. Manchanda calls a press conference and to dispel the fears announces that he would spend a night at the Mall with the board of directors.

Manchanda and his cronies step into the Mall to spend a night and this to Manchanda is a big business strategy.
 Manchanda and group are not the only ones to be inside the Mall this night. Manchanda's daughter Ahana and her friends make their way inside, as wells as Vishnu, the chief of security at the Mall who has a past that haunts him. Facts come clear only by the end when circumstances throw Vishnu, Manchanda and Ahana together. Their stories connect and lead to a mysterious past.

Comic





Magazine about healthy



Article about smoking


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that hard to break. However, these habits seem to need to be stopped from smoking at the beginning of the day is more dangerous than smoking on the day or night. Research shows thatsmoking after waking up would increase the risk of lung cancer, neck and head. "Morning
smokers” have high levels of nicotine and other toxins from tobacco
on his body.
They are alsomore addicted than smokers who refrained from smoking a half hour or so after waking up," saidresearcher Joshua Muscat of Penn State College of Medicine. To find out why some smokers getcancer and not, Muscat and his team examined the link between cancer risk is there with thehabit of first cigarette in the morning.

The first study involved 4775 patients with lung cancer and 2835 of other smokers without lung cancer. Those who smoke 30 minutes after waking up1.79 times higher risk of suffering from lung cancer than those who waited more than 60minutes. Meanwhile, those who smoked 31-60 minutes after waking up had 1.31 times the risk compared to those who wait at least an hour. The second study involved 1055 people with brainand neck cancer and 795 people who smoked but did not suffer brain and neck cancer. Thosewho smoked within 30 minutes when you wake up 1.59 times the risk of brain and neck cancer compared with those who waited an hour. The risk of smokers who smoked 31-60 minutes after waking up 1.42 times than those who wait at least an hour.



INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING
Volume 10, 2003
Article: LC03-0264-2003
Science Education in Primary and Secondary
Level
An Analysis of the Discursive Transitions across
Different Modalities of the Pedagogic Discourse
Vasilis Koulaidis and Costas Dimopoulos
WHAT LEARNING MEANS: Proceedings of the Learning Conference 2003
Edited by Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope

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Editors
Mary Kalantzis, Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services, RMIT
University, Melbourne, Australia.
Bill Cope, Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture, Australia.
Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Learning
Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
David Barton, Director, Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University, UK.
Ruth Finnegan, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, UK.
James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Kris Gutierrez, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Roz Ivanic, Lancaster University, UK.
Carey Jewitt, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Andeas Kazamias, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Gunther Kress, Institute of Education, University of London.
Sarah Michaels, Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education, Clark University,
Massachusetts, USA.
Denise Newfield, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Ambigapathy Pandian, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,
Malaysia.
Miguel A. Pereyra, University of Granada, Spain.
Scott Poynting, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Michel Singh, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Pippa Stein, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Brian Street, King’s College, University of London, UK.
Gella Varnava-Skoura , Department of Early Childhood Education, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nicola Yelland, Head, Department of School and Early Childhood Education, RMIT
University, Australia.
Wang Yingjie, School of Education, Beijing Normal University, China.
Zhou Zuoyu, School of Education, Beijing Normal University, China.

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Science Education in Primary and Secondary Level
An Analysis of the Discursive Transitions across Different
Modalities of the Pedagogic Discourse
Vasilis Koulaidis and Costas Dimopoulos
Abstract
The aim of this paper is the mapping of the discursive transitions in school science
from the primary to the secondary level as reflected in the corresponding
textbooks. Our basic hypothesis is that the pedagogic discourse is constructed by
the interplay of three basic dimensions, namely classification, formality and
framing which correspond to the content specialization, the codes’ elaboration and
the agency of control of the pedagogical process respectively. According to our
model each dimension can only take two values; either high (strong) or low
(weak). Specifically, strong classification corresponds to subject matter
epistemologically distinct from other than the scientific forms of knowledge, while
weak classification means that the subject-matter is a mixture of elements derived
from various knowledge domains. Furthermore, high formality corresponds to
specialized codes that define reality in terms of abstractions and scientific
conventions while low formality corresponds to codes resembling the vernacular
ways of expression. Finally, strong classification means that the addresser of
scientific knowledge (e.g. science teacher or textbook’s voice) has full control over
the determination of the conditions of the pedagogical process while weak
classification means that at least some important aspects of this process are open
to negotiation between the latter and the students.
The combination of values of classification, formality and framing produces
eight different pedagogic modalities, which are labeled as follows:
1. Esoteric authoritarian (strong classification, high formality, strong
framing)
2. Esoteric liberal (strong classification, high formality, weak framing)
3. Metaphorical authoritarian (strong classification, low formality, strong
framing)
4. Metaphorical liberal (strong classification, low formality, weak framing)
5. Mythical authoritarian (weak classification, high formality, strong framing)
6. Mythical liberal (weak classification, high formality, weak framing)
7. Public authoritarian (weak classification, low formality, strong framing)
8. Public liberal (weak classification, low formality, weak framing)
These modalities will be used so as to map the discursive transition in school
science from the primary to the secondary level as this transition is at least
realized by the variation in the characteristics of the corresponding science
textbooks. Specifically, the discursive characteristics related to the pedagogical
notions of classification, formality and framing and projected by the linguistic and
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the visual mode respectively are analysed in all the science textbooks used at the
primary and secondary level of the Greek educational system. Finally, the
emerging path is discussed in the light of its pedagogic implications.

Introduction
The aim of this paper is the mapping of the discursive transitions in school science
from the primary to the secondary level as reflected in the corresponding
textbooks. In this study school science textbooks are considered as means of
regulating the pedagogic discourse of each of the educational levels they are used
to and therefore as a mirror of the pedagogic transitions in science education that
occur when moving form the primary to the lower secondary level. This kind of
approach stems from the view that science education (and education in general) is
a socialization process into the practices and conventions (i.e. the discourses) of
sub-communities, in our case of the scientific community (Lemke, 1990). Within
the framework of this view, science textbooks have a central role to play in this
socialising process as a resource for shared meaning making (Halliday, 1978;
Lemke, 1990; Bazerman, 1998).

The Issue of Textbooks in the Science Education Literature

The issue of school science textbooks has been a major research topic within the
science education research tradition. During the seventies texbooks’ readibility
studies were quite popular but interest in them gradually faded, mainly due to
concerns about their validity, particularly for use in specialized texts. The interest
though for science textbooks as a research topic has been sustained since a
literature search in the ERIC database for studies on the school science textbooks
in the period 1985-2002 revealed 222 relevant studies. These studies can be
grouped, according to their particular focus, into the following categories: (a)
studies which focus on elements of textbooks, such as the content, vocabulary,
illustrations used, and the teaching methods promoted which are treated as
simplified "castings" of the scientific structure; and (b) those considering the
principles that organize the content and the form of presentation by conceiving
textbooks as texts playing a crucial role in the determination of practices and social
positions within the pedagogic discourse (Koulaidis and Tsatsaroni, 1996). As
pointed out by Koulaidis and Tsatsaroni, (1996) ‘in attempting to consider the
sorts of principles that may be used in the studies categorised under (b), two
crucial issues are discussed. The first issue refers to the relationship between
scientific knowledge and school knowledge…. The second issue explicitly
addresses the nature of the pedagogic relationship and the place of the pedagogic
text within it’ (p.1)
This study belongs in the second of the two aforementioned categories of
studies, since it aims at addressing both the issue of the relationship between
scientific knowledge and school knowledge and the issue of the nature of the
pedagogic relationship as well.
Science Education in Primary and Secondary Level
Vasilis Koulaidis and Costas Dimopoulos
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Theoretical Framework

In order then to examine the issue of how textbooks formulate the pedagogic
discourse and thus capturing the corresponding discursive transitions from the
primary to the lower secondary level, our basic hypothesis is that the pedagogic
discourse is constructed by the interplay of three basic dimensions, namely
classification (Bernstein, 1996), formality (Halliday and Martin, 1996) and framing
(Bernstein,1996).
In particular, ‘classification’ determines the epistemological relationship
between knowledge systems (Bernstein, 1996). In our case, the knowledge systems
examined are specialised ‘scientific knowledge’ and every other form of
knowledge lying closer to the ‘everyday common-sense’ realm like mythology,
religion, popular culture, practical knowledge, etc. The specialized scientific
knowledge and the every-day knowledge are interchangeably employed in school
science, either by presenting every-day forms of knowledge as a point of departure
for the discovery of scientific knowledge or, inversely, by presenting scientific
knowledge as a means for meaning making of the every-day world situations. By
definition, strong classification formulates well-defined borderlines, while weak
classification results in blurred borderlines between these two types of knowledge
(Bernstein, 1996).
‘Formality’ corresponds to the degree of abstraction, elaboration and
specialisation of the expressive codes (i.e. linguistic and visual) employed. Low
formality corresponds to codes resembling very much the vernacular or realistic
ways of expression that ordinary people use. On the other hand, high formality
corresponds to the specialised expressive codes following the conventions that
scientific experts use when communicating through them (e.g. terminology,
nominalizations, notations, graphs, etc) (Halliday and Martin, 1996; Kress and van
Leeuwen, 1996).
Classification and formality combined, determine the degree of ‘scientificness’
of a particular pedagogic discourse, since a discourse projecting the internal logic
of the scientific content (strong classification) and employing its specialised
expressive codes (high formality), clearly drives the students closer to the
specialised scientific knowledge domain.
In specific, the combination of the two values that can be ascribed to
classification with the two values that can be ascribed to formality (strong and
weak) produces four different potential modalities of the science education
pedagogic discourse, namely the esoteric, the metaphorical, the public and the
mythical one (Dowling, 1994) (see Fig.1).
The degree of ‘scientificness’ of the pedagogic discourse increases if one moves
from the public (non specialized content and codes, e.g. newspapers’ science) to
the metaphorical (specialized content and non-specialized codes e.g. popular
scientific magazines) and from there to the esoteric modality (specialized content
and codes e.g. specialized journals). The mythical (specialized codes but non
specialized content e.g. science fiction books) is a theoretically potential modality
but it very rarely describes real pedagogical practices. For this reason the mythical
modality will be excluded from further consideration within this paper.
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Figure 1

The pedagogic modalities projected in science textbooks and emerging from the
combination of the levels of classification and formality
Finally, in every pedagogic discourse a social interaction between the addresser
of subject-matter (teacher or textbook’s voice) and students is established.
‘Framing’ determines which side, the addresser or the students has the control over
the pedagogic interaction (Bernstein, 1996). Strong framing means that the
pedagogic control belongs clearly to the addresser while weak framing means that
there is some space left to the students so as to exert their own control over the
learning process.
Since the issue of the pedagogic control is heavily influenced by the social
hierarchies established as well the degree that the pedagogic message can be
negotiated by its addressees, the notion of framing can be conceptually further
elaborated by referring to the dimensions of: a) the imposition of the addresser
over the learners and b) the addresser’s control of the conditions for the learners’
involvement. Specifically, strong framing, as far as the imposition relationships is
concerned, means that students are put in a powerless social position during the
pedagogic process while weak framing means that they become empowered so as
to exert their own control over the learning processes that takes place through the
reading of the science textbooks. Furthermore, strong framing as far as the
conditions for the students’ involvement is concerned, means that these conditions
are fully pre-determined without the latter having any control over them. On the
contrary weak framing means that the students have the potential for negotiating
the conditions of their participation in the learning process (Bernstein, 1996).
Combining further, the dichotomized values of classification, formality and
framing one can produce six modalities in order to describe the corresponding
pedagogic practice (the mythical domain has been excluded from further analysis).
These six modalities can be seen in a diagrammatic form in Figure 2. Specifically,
the modality M1 corresponds to highly specialized content and codes but weak
pedagogic control and could be named as liberal esoteric pedagogy, whereas M6
corresponds to non-specialized content and codes as well as strong pedagogic
control and could be named authoritarian public. The first type of pedagogy could
be projected for example in textbooks used in post-graduate academic studies
where the students can be treated as knowledgeable young peers with significant
degrees of freedom while the second type of pedagogy could be projected in text
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matterials used in a health education program for the general public where the
main objective would be the provision in the form of strict guidelines and using
non technical codes, of scientific knowledge that can be easily applied in the
context of every day life.
Figure 2
The pedagogic modalities emerging from the combination of classification,
formality and framin
In this paper, the two dimensional mapping of the pedagogic modalities shown
in Figure 2, will be used so as to describe the discursive transition of science
subjects from primary to secondary education in Greece, at least as this transition
is reflected by the use of the linguistic and the visual codes employed in the
corresponding science textbooks of each level. This kind of analysis becomes
possible taking into account that the ways that the linguistic and the visual mode
are employed in the school science textbooks modulate the levels of classification,
framing and formality and, hence, tend to position the students both in relation to
the esoteric domain (specialised content and codes) of the corresponding
specialised knowledge, and also as social subjects that take part in a pedagogicalcommunicative
process. This function of the two expressive modes is realised by
specific expressive conventions that act as resources for constructing specific
pedagogic modalities.
Methodology
The texts analysed are taken from six science textbooks written in Greek and used
in 9.823 Greek primary and secondary schools during 1997-1999 (the secondary
textbooks are still in use). Specifically, these textbooks consist of: a) two general
science textbooks for the two upper grades of primary school (11-12 year olds), b)
two chemistry and c) two physics for the three grades of the lower secondary
school respectively (13-15 year olds).
In order to implement our analytic plan, the textbooks were divided into units of
analysis for both the linguistic and the visual mode. Specifically, in order to
analyse the pedagogic modality projected by the linguistic mode, different genres
within the textbooks were distinguished. These genres constitute the units of
analysis. According to genre analysis (Martin, 1997; Cope and Kalantzis, 1993) a
text differs in structure according to its purpose. The genres appearing in the Greek
science textbooks are reports, experimental accounts and historical accounts.
‘Report’ is a type of text that describes how things are, presents information by
building up generalisations, classifies various entities and explains processes in
natural phenomena or explains how a technological artefact works. ‘Experimental
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account’ is a type of text that usually contains a series of sequenced steps, which
show how a specific experimental task should be carried out, and/or presents the
results of this task. Finally, ‘historical account’ is a type of text that presents either
episodes from the history of science and technology or biographical information
about famous scientists and engineers. In this way a total of 1153 units of analysis
of the textbooks’ linguistic mode were identified. Of these units 876 (76%) are
reports, 205 (17.8%) are experiments and 72 (6.2%) are historical accounts.
On the other hand all the visual images contained in the six science textbooks
were analysed. Any visual image in a distinct frame within the textbooks was
considered as a single unit of analysis. Following this procedure, a sample of 2819
visual images was collected.
All the units of analysis for both the linguistic and the visual mode were
analysed along the three theoretical dimensions of classification, formality and
framing. The analysis was based on the use of two distinct grids of analysis, one
for the linguistic and one for the visual mode, that consist of variables that become
operational applying specific socio-linguistic and socio-semiotic approaches.
Specifically, the basic underlying idea of the two grids is that certain lexicogrammatical
and semiotic elements of the linguistic and visual mode respectively,
modulate accordingly the levels of classification, formality and framing. For
example while formality in the case of the linguistic mode was evaluated in terms
of the density of: a) scientific notation (terms, symbols and equations), b) nominal
groups, c) verbs in passive voice and d) sentences in hypotactic syntax, the same
notion in the case of the visual mode is evaluated on the basis of the degree an
image is characterized by: a) elements like geometrical shapes and alphanumeric
strings, b) color differentiation, c) color modulation and d) background
differentiation. The two grids of analysis have been extensively presented, together
with informations about their limitations and reliability, in other publications of the
authors (Koulaidis, Dimopoulos and Sklaveniti, 2002; Dimopoulos, Koulaidis and
Sklaveniti, 2003).

Results

Below, the results of the textbooks analysis in terms of the pedagogic modalities
promoted by their linguistic and visual expressive modes respectively of the
textbooks analyzed, are presented.

The Linguistic Mode

The analysis of the school science textbooks of both primary and secondary level
showed that the vast majority of their linguistic units belong to the metaphoric
modality (strong classification and low formality). Specifically, as shown in Table
1, the discursive transition that seems to occur through the linguistic mode of the
school science textbooks is that of a very gradual introduction of students to the
specialized content and codes of scientific knowledge as they proceed from
primary to lower secondary school. This transition, however, does not seem to be
completed at the lower secondary level as the textbooks still employ a linguistic
mode that mainly projects a metaphoric modality.
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Table 1
The pedagogic modality (in terms of classification and formality) promoted by
the linguistic mode of the school science textbooks of primary and lower
secondary level
Pedagogic modality Primary textbooks Lower secondary level
N % N %
Esoteric 14 7.7 173 17.8
Metaphoric 141 77.9 699 71.9
Public 26 14.4 100 10.3
Total 181 100 972 100
As far now as the level of framing projected by the linguistic mode of the
school science textbooks is concerned, it was found that the primary textbooks are
characterized by much stronger framing than the textbooks of the lower secondary
level (see Table 2). In other words, the science textbooks used in the primary
school allow a much narrower range of available options for students, so as to exert
some control over the pedagogic process enacted by them, in comparison to the
corresponding available range provided by the lower secondary level science
textbooks. Thus, the science textbooks of primary level construct a social identity
of students according to which, the latter are put in a subordinate social position
and are highly directed towards the acquisition of the relevant subject-matter. On
the contrary, the science textbooks of lower secondary level construct a social
identity of students according to which these are highly autonomous learners who
can access the relevant subject matter in their own ways.

Table 2
The level of framing promoted by the linguistic mode of the school science
textbooks of primary and lower secondary level
Level of framing Primary textbooks Lower secondary level
N % N %
Strong 87 48.1 26 2.7
Weak 94 51.9 946 97.3
Total 181 100 972 100
Combining further the results shown in Tables 1 and 2 respectively, and using
the two dimensional representation of the pedagogic modalities introduced in
Figure 2, the promoted by the linguistic mode of the school science textbooks
discursive transition which it also corresponds to pedagogic transition from
primary to lower school, can be maped as shown in Figure 3.
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Figure 3
The transition across pedagogic modalities projected by the linguistic mode of the
science textbooks of primary and lower secondary level respectively
The pedagogical message emerging from the transition shown in Figure 3 is
that, as students become gradually more experienced in science (by being
introduced to texts characterized by stronger classification and formality) they are
increasingly allowed to experience more autonomous ways of negotiating the
terms of their participation in the learning process (weaker framing).
The Visual Mode

The analysis of the visual images contained in the school science textbooks
showed that the majority of these images in the primary textbooks correspond to
the public modality (non specialized content and code or weak classification and
low formality) while in the textbooks of the lower secondary school correspond to
the metaphoric modality (specialized content but non-specialized code or strong
classification but low formality). Specifically, as shown in Table 3, in the primary
textbooks 62% of the visual images correspond to the public modality, but still a
considerable percentage of 34.6% of them corresponds to the metaphoric modality.
This situation is almost reversed in the science textbooks of the lower secondary
level, where 55.7% of their images correspond to the metaphoric and 37.4% to the
public modality respectively.
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Table 3
The pedagogic modality (in terms of classification and formality) promoted by
the visual mode of the school science textbooks of primary and lower
secondary level
Pedagogic modality Primary textbooks Lower secondary level
N % N %
Esoteric 49 3.3 92 6.9
Metaphoric 516 34.6 742 55.7
Public 922 62.0 498 37.4
Total 1487 100 1332 100
The results imply that the visual mode tend to play a similar role with the
linguistic mode of the school science textbooks since both seem to function so as
to gradually introduce students, as these move from primary to secondary school,
into the more specialized discourses of scientific knowledge. This, in the case of
the visual mode as shown in another study of (Dimopoulos, Koulaidis and
Sklaveniti, 2003), is accomplished by the use of more images incorporating the
conventions of the techno-scientific graphical mode (conventional images and
hybrids) and more images that seem to promote the conceptual re-organisation of
the world like the analytical and the classificational ones, as the educational level
rises.
It is also characteristic that especially in the primary school the visual mode is
not so much employed so as to promote the conceptual understanding of the
scientific content as to attribute a pre-eminent value to real world elements, the
salience of which seems to be exploited as an (experiential) anchor to the
introduction of students to the reified and highly abstract world of science
(Dimopoulos, Koulaidis and Sklaveniti, 2003).
With regards now to the level of framing promoted by the visual mode, it was
found that the school science textbooks of both primary and lower secondary level
promote a kind of social-pedagogic relationship characterized by weak framing
(Table 4). In other words, the visual images of these texts create a sense of
empowerment to their readers so as to maintain their own control in the
communication-pedagogic process.
Table 4
The level of framing promoted by the visual mode of the school science
textbooks of primary and lower secondary level
Level of framing Primary textbooks Lower secondary level
N % N %
Strong 303 21.8 174 15.6
Weak 1085 78.2 943 84.4
Total* 1388 100 1117 100
* These totals correspond to realistic representations only
Combining further, the results shown in Tables 3 and 4 and using the twodimensional
mapping of the pedagogic modalities used in this paper (Figure 4), it
can be concluded that as the educational level rises, the use of the visual mode is
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transformed from a means to ground scientific knowledge to the every-day
experiences of students (public modality) to a means of introducing the latter
towards the specialized content of science (metaphorical modality). It is
characteristic though that the visual mode during both phases of this transition
contributes to the maintenance of the students’ control over the pedagogic process.
Therefore, the visual mode is an element of the school science textbooks that
constantly enables students to access the relevant subject matter in their own
independent ways.

Figure 4
The transition across pedagogic modalities projected by the visual mode of the
science textbooks of primary and lower secondary level respectively

Pedagogic Implications
As already mentioned in the introduction section, in this study school science
textbooks are considered as means of regulating the pedagogic discourse of each of
the educational levels they are used to and as a consequence as a mirror of the
pedagogic transitions in science education that occur when moving form the
primary to the lower secondary level.
Combining the results from the analysis of both the linguistic and the visual
modes employed in the science textbooks of both levels, the discursive transition
that emerges is from the metaphoric-authoritarian towards the metaphoric-esoteric
or metaphoric-liberal modality.
In other words the main pedagogic transitions that occur as the educational level
rises are primarily the weakening of the pedagogic control and, secondarily an
increase in the formality of the linguistic code employed (gradual move towards
the esoteric modality). The latter transition is still moderate and remains
uncompleted even in the textbooks of the last class of the lower secondary school
(age level 15-16 years old).
The pedagogic position projected by this picture is, then, that as science
students progress through the specialised knowledge domain, they become more
capable of processing the textbooks’ message in more individualistic and
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autonomous ways. In other words, the lower secondary textbooks treat students as
independent learners that have control over how they learn and so they do not feel
intimidated by the pace and the ways the textbooks deliver the relevant subject
matter. A similar to above differentiation between the educational levels, as far as
the projected independent mode of learning, was also found in an extensive study
of 187 school physics textbooks in the US, which followed a different perspective
from ours (Mulkey, 1987).
The trend imposed by the science textbooks of a gradual move towards more
specialised forms of scientific knowledge (both content and codes specialised) with
a parallel increase in the students’ autonomy in determining how to access the
relevant text material is in distinct opposition to the widely held pedagogic
position, very often translated into teaching practice, which favours more guidance
and fewer opportunities for initiative on the part of the learner as the school
subjects become more academic and content-specialised (Cazden, 1988; Edwards
and Westgate, 1987; Rodrigues and Bell, 1995).
Additionally, the trend of reduced ‘guidance’ of students through the lower
secondary level textbooks and the parallel increase in the relevant subjects’
specialisation, are in conflict from a pedagogic point of view. This conflict is based
on the assumption that it is exactly when the specialisation of a school subject
increases that students need more guidance and support for its acquisition. This
discursive conflict could potentially explain the effects of disorientation and lack
of ability to focus on the important pieces of information experienced by many
students at this level (and especially the less competent) while trying to make
meaning out of the relevant textbooks (Yore, Craig and Maguire, 1998; Alexander
and Kulikowich, 1994; Patterson, 2001; Keys, 1999).
Furthermore, the comparison between the pedagogic modalities emerged by the
linguistic and the visual mode of the science textbooks respectively, reveals that
the visual mode tends to lower both the classification and the formality of the
relevant texts. In this way though, by not being exposed to the conventions of the
techno-scientific images students may be excluded from ‘seeing’ and ‘processing’
reality in a similar way with the experts (Lynch, 1985; Trumbo, 1999). On the
other hand the visual mode tends to relate more to the public modality and hence it
becomes much more in comparison to the linguistic mode the vehicle for relating
the every-day experiences of students with the scientific knowledge.
Closing this paper, it should be pointed out that the framework presented here
allows the development of a common theoretical language so as to describe the
pedagogic modalities projected by school science textbooks as well as by many
other educational materials employed in science education. The functional
knowledge of this theoretical language would enable both the authors of science
textbooks and the teachers that use them to become much more reflexive about
their pedagogic implications.
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