Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education: Seeking Ubiquitous Social Justice and Environmental Vitality

Bencze, John Lawrence

This edited volume provides theory-based accounts, often with practical examples, of how educators from various jurisdictions in elementary, secondary, and tertiary formal education contexts, as well as community-based situations, have helped students critically evaluate the relationships among science, technology (STEM), society, and the environment. The goal is to develop and implement personal and sociopolitical actions to address concerns. Collectively, the perspectives and examples in the chapters form an expanding Foucauldian dispositif countering hegemonic mechanisms that favor a few elites at the expense of the wellbeing of most other living and nonliving things. Many accounts draw on the STEPWISE project, illustrating how (a)biotic and symbolic actants have been progressively assembled to promote more critical and altruistic citizenship.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2025-05-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031838361

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-83837-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 592