Book chapter
Towards a Critical Science Education
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education: An International Dialogue, pp.203-207
Springer Netherlands
1998
Abstract
In the introduction to this book, a critical question was raised: Whose interests are being served by science education Of course, the very asking of this question foreshadows a common dimension to the types of insight one might expect from the ensuing chapters. The question is, indeed, a hallmark of a social constructivist perspective on the generation and legitimation of knowledge, whether by scientists or students of science; a perspective that foregrounds the cultural context within which knowledge is developed, legitimated and made use of.
Details
- Title
- Towards a Critical Science Education
- Authors/Creators
- Peter C. Taylor (Author/Creator)William W. Cobern (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- W.W. Cobern (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education: An International Dialogue, pp.203-207
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Identifiers
- 991005543308207891
- Copyright
- 1998 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Additional Information
- Volume 4 of the series Science & Technology Education Library
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