Should the Sociology of Science Be Rated X?

Autor/in	Allchin, Douglas
Titel	Should the Sociology of Science Be Rated X?
Quelle	In: Science Education, 88 (2004) 6, S.934-946 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8326
DOI	10.1002/sce.20026
Schlagwörter	Sociology; Scientific Principles; Science Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung
Abstract	Stephen Brush once asked, "Should the history of science be rated 'X'" Well, times have changed. Now controversy reigns over the role of sociology in the science classroom. Here, I profile several dimensions of the sociology of science and survey recent efforts by philosophers to address its most radical claims. In respecting the opposing poles of this contentious debate, I contend that it is possible to chart a path between the Scylla of scientism and the Charybdis of relativism. Most notably, educators must differentiate between the normative and descriptive elements of the "nature of science"--and teach both. Further, they must go beyond the rhetoric of tentativeness and fallibility in science by describing just when and how individual scientists and/or a scientific community can err--and how they identify and remedy their errors. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10