Students' Socio-Scientific Reasoning on Controversies from the Viewpoint of Education for Sustainable Development

Autor/inn/en	Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean
Titel	Students' Socio-Scientific Reasoning on Controversies from the Viewpoint of Education for Sustainable Development
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 4 (2009) 3, S.657-687 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-008-9141-x
Schlagwörter	Local Issues; Foreign Countries; Climate; Sustainable Development; College Students; Student Attitudes; Cognitive Processes; Cultural Background; Student Characteristics; Politics of Education; Governance; Values; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Educational Environment; Science Education; Scientific Principles; Scientific Concepts; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Social Problems; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Klima; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Education; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Wertbegriff; Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Frankreich
Abstract	In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of social representations and of socio-scientific reasoning. Students' reasoning varies according to the issues, in particular because of their emotional proximity with the issues and their socio-cultural origin. About this kind of issues, it seems pertinent to integrate into the operations of socio-scientific reasoning not only the consideration of values, but also the analysis of the modes of governance and the place given to politics. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10