How Well Will the Australian Curriculum: Science Prepare Students for a Post-Truth World? An Epistemic Cognition Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Bellocchi, Alberto; Mills, Reece; Davis, James; Bourke, Theresa
Titel	How Well Will the Australian Curriculum: Science Prepare Students for a Post-Truth World? An Epistemic Cognition Perspective
Quelle	In: Teaching Science, 67 (2021) 4, S.31-40 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-2946
Schlagwörter	Science Curriculum; National Curriculum; Grade 10; High School Students; Epistemology; Schemata (Cognition); Content Analysis; Curriculum Development; Outcomes of Education; Science Instruction; Social Change; Foreign Countries; Scientific Literacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Erkenntnistheorie; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Inhaltsanalyse; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The science curriculum's potential for developing students' scientific literacy offers the ideal opportunity for addressing global concerns such as the 'post-truth' epidemic. In this article, we review the Year 10 "Australian Curriculum: Science" for its capacity to help students become producers and consumers of knowledge. We adopt a theoretical framework of epistemic cognition to analyse the curricular intentions evident in content descriptions and elaborations. A deductive content analysis based on our epistemic cognition framework reveals limited opportunities for students to formulate active perspectives towards the production and evaluation of science knowledge. Implications for national and state curriculum developers, science teacher educators, and science teachers are offered for positioning students to better prepare for a post-truth world. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01