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ERIC Number: EJ1358267
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jan
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
EISSN: EISSN-1098-237X
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Trusting the Social Value of Diverse Scientific Enterprises: Matching a Patchwork of Challenges to a Mosaic of Responses
Science Education, v107 n1 p28-41 Jan 2023
Across decades, science educators have invested in curricula that presume scientific unity. The phrases "habits of mind, scientific method, processes of science, inquiry skills, nature of science, practices of science" reflect this obsession. However, historians look with skepticism at universal notions of science and endorse truth-seeking circumscribed by context. Indeed, inadequate appreciation of diversity may lead to the mistrust of disciplines that appear to depart from simplistic notions of "the" scientific method and thus imperil the political will to search for solutions to the problems of climate change, extinction and environmental degradation, and global pandemic. Accordingly, science educators stand at a crossroads. They can choose to reinforce scientific naivete by following the long-standing quest for unity among the sciences as guidance for what to teach, or they may accept the disunity of disciplines, teach the value of diverse sciences to solve societal problems and cultivate trust in appropriate responses to distinct challenges.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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