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Direct linkSimonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of…
Descriptors: Local Issues, Foreign Countries, Climate, Sustainable Development
Reis, Pedro; Galvao, Cecilia – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This article discusses the results of a mainly qualitative study into possible impacts of recent controversial socio-scientific issues on a group of Portuguese secondary school students regarding their conceptions about scientists. The 86 participants: (1) answered a questionnaire with open-ended questions; and (2) wrote a science fiction story…
Descriptors: Scientists, Secondary School Students, Science Fiction, Foreign Countries
