Beyond the Search for Truth: Dewey's Humble and Humanistic Vision of Science Education

Autor/inn/en	Waddington, David I.; Feinstein, Noah Weeth
Titel	Beyond the Search for Truth: Dewey's Humble and Humanistic Vision of Science Education
Quelle	In: Educational Theory, 66 (2016) 1-2, S.111-126 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-2004
DOI	10.1111/edth.12157
Schlagwörter	Humanism; Science Education; Science Curriculum; Educational Philosophy; Ethics; Educational Opportunities; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humanismus; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ethik; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	In this essay, David Waddington and Noah Weeth Feinstein explore how Dewey's conception of science can help us rethink the way science is done in schools. The authors begin by contrasting a view of science that is implicitly accepted by many scientists and science educators--science as a search for truth--with Dewey's instrumentalist, technological, and nonrealist conception of science. After demonstrating that the search-for-truth conception is closely linked to some ongoing difficulties with science curricula that students find particularly alienating, they then analyze some of the educational opportunities that Dewey's vision opens up. Ultimately, Waddington and Feinstein argue that Dewey offers a humble and humanistic vision of science and science education practice that captures the power of science by connecting it clearly to everyday human activities and challenges. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01