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Autor/in | Allchin, Douglas |
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Titel | Should the Sociology of Science Be Rated X? |
Quelle | In: Science Education, 88 (2004) 6, S.934-946 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0036-8326 |
DOI | 10.1002/sce.20026 |
Schlagwörter | Sociology; Scientific Principles; Science Education |
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 |