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Sjöström, Jesper; Eilks, Ingo; Zuin, Vânia G. – Science & Education, 2016
The modern world can be described as a globalized risk society. It is characterized by increasing complexity, unpredictable consequences of techno-scientific innovations and production, and its environmental consequences. Therefore, chemistry, just like many other knowledge areas, is in an ongoing process of "environmentalization." For…
Descriptors: Science Education, Environmental Education, Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Marks, Ralf; Stuckey, Marc; Belova, Nadja; Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
This paper reflects the theory and practice of societal-oriented science education in the past and present of German science teaching. Starting from a quite unique German justification for more thorough societal-oriented science education and some historical reflections a model for socio-scientific issues-based science teaching will be presented.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Educational History, Science History
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Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The year 2014 marks the end of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). All educational domains and levels, including primary and secondary science education, have been working to contribute to education enabling younger generations to become responsible citizens and promote sustainable development in our world.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Sustainable Development, Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science