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Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education

An International Dialogue

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. William W. Cobern

    1. Western Michigan University, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (CTISE, volume 4)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Cultural Study of Science and Science Education

    • William W. Cobern
    Pages 1-5

  3. Science and a Social Constructivist View of Science Education

    • William W. Cobern
    Pages 7-23

  4. Between a Myth and a Hard Place: Situating School Science in a Climate of Critical Cultural Reform

    • Cathrine E. Milne, Peter C. Taylor
    Pages 25-48

  5. A Critical Appraisal of Science Education for Economic Development

    • Gilis S. Drori
    Pages 49-74

  6. Science Education and the Politics of Equity

    • Prem Naidoo, Mike Savage, Kopano Taole
    Pages 75-97

  7. An Untold Story: Gender, Constructivism & Science Education

    • Kathryn Scantlebury
    Pages 99-120

  8. The Influence of Language on the Second Language Teaching and Learning of Science

    • Marissa Rollnick
    Pages 121-137

  9. A Cultural History of Science Education in Japan: an Epic Description

    • Masakata Ogawa
    Pages 139-161

  10. Philosophy of Science and Radical Intellectual Islam in Turkey

    • Gürol Irzik
    Pages 163-179

  11. Science and Science Education: a Judeo-Christian Perspective

    • Michael W. Poole
    Pages 181-201

  12. Towards a Critical Science Education

    • Peter C. Taylor, William W. Cobern
    Pages 203-207

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 209-221
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About this book

Global science education is a reality at the end of the 20th century - albeit an uneven reality - because of tremendous technological and economic pressures. Unfortunately, this reality is rarely examined in the light of what interests the everyday lives of ordinary people rather than the lives of political and economic elites. The purpose of this book is to offer insightful and thought-provoking commentary on both realities. The tacit question throughout the book is `Whose interests are being served by current science education practices and policies?' The various chapters offer critical analysis from the perspectives of culture, economics, epistemology, equity, gender, language, and religion in an effort to promote a reflective science education that takes place within, rather than taking over, the important cultural lives of people.
The target audience for the book includes graduate students in education, science education and education policy professors, policy and government officials involved with education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Western Michigan University, USA

    William W. Cobern

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education

  • Book Subtitle: An International Dialogue

  • Editors: William W. Cobern

  • Series Title: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5224-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4987-7Published: 31 March 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4988-4Published: 31 March 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5224-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1878-0482

  • Series E-ISSN: 1878-0784

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 221

  • Topics: Science Education, Philosophy, general, History, general, Sociology of Education

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