This book specifies the foundation for Adapted Primary Literature (APL),
a novel text genre that enables the learning and teaching of science
using research articles that were adapted to the knowledge level of
high-school students. More than 50 years ago, J.J. Schwab suggested that
Primary Scientific Articles "afford the most authentic, unretouched
specimens of enquiry that we can obtain" and raised for the first time
the idea that such articles can be used for "enquiry into enquiry". This
book, the first to be published on this topic, presents the realization
of this vision and shows how the reading and writing of scientific
articles can be used for inquiry learning and teaching. It provides the
origins and theory of APL and examines the concept and its importance.
It outlines a detailed description of creating and using APL and
provides examples for the use of the enactment of APL in classes, as
well as descriptions of possible future prospects for the implementation
of APL. Altogether, the book lays the foundations for the use of this
authentic text genre for the learning and teaching of science in
secondary schools.