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Gina Childers; Rebecca Hite; Joshua Cruz; Weverton Ataide Pinheiro; Kania Greer; Samanthia Noble; Christi Whitworth – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Many science fiction conventions host interactive sessions and activities related to science fiction, fantasy, and popular culture media for the public. Specialized sessions known as "science tracks" are spaces where science professionals and conference attendees discuss and question the science embedded within science fiction fandoms.…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, STEM Education, Self Concept, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Wright, Robin Redmon – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Too often, educators, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of adult education and human resource development rely on traditional curricular materials and an academic body of knowledge for teaching, evaluating, and training adults. This assumes a coherent body of prior knowledge, assumptions, worldviews, and experiences in their students…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Human Resources
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Stivers, Richard – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2010
Aldous Huxley is perhaps the only author to have written a work of science fiction and a work of nonfiction to ascertain whether fiction had become reality. Both "Brave New World" and "Brave New World Revisited" are discussed and compared with Jacques Ellul's work on technology.
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Educational Sociology, Science and Society, Didacticism