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Bencze, Larry; Pouliot, Chantal; Pedretti, Erminia; Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean; Zeidler, Dana – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
Many scholars suggest that recent major science education initiatives apparently tied to intense economic competitiveness and growth have prioritized education about "products" (e.g., laws, theories, innovations) and skills (e.g., experimentation) of fields of science and technology. Such initiatives also, apparently, tend to avoid…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Context Effect, Science Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Pedretti, Erminia; Iannini, Ana Maria Navas – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2020
Once dominated by a focus on collecting and preserving, and later communicating science through hands-on experiences, science museums are slowly reshaping their identities and purposes to explicitly include and promote active citizenship, social responsibility, engagement with complex science and technology issues, and agency. Informed by…
Descriptors: Science Education, Museums, Citizenship, Social Responsibility
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Pedretti, Erminia; Nazir, Joanne – Science Education, 2011
It has been 40 years since science, technology, society, and environment (STSE) education first appeared in science education research and practice. Although supported among many educators worldwide, there is much confusion surrounding the STSE slogan. Widely differing discourses on STSE education and diverse ways of practicing, have led to an…
Descriptors: Science Education, Social Sciences, Technology Education, Environmental Education
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Barrett, Sarah Elizabeth; Pedretti, Erminia – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
Over the last 20 years, science-technology-society-environment education (STSE) education has been advocated as a way to advance scientific literacy. However, STSE education represents a broad range of ideologies and orientations. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast two different science curricula through a case study approach.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Ideology, Case Method (Teaching Technique)