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Scepticism and Trust: Two Counterpoint Essentials in Science Education for Complex Socio-Scientific Issues
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Fensham, Peter J. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2014
In this response to Tom G. K. Bryce and Stephen P. Day's ("Cult Stud Sci Educ." doi:10.1007/s11422-013-9500-0, 2013) original article, I share with them their interest in the teaching of climate change in school science, but I widen it to include other contemporary complex socio-scientific issues that also need to be discussed. I…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Climate, Students, Science Education
Globalization of Science Education: Comment and a Commentary
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Fensham, Peter J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The globalized nature of modern society has generated a number of pressures that impact internationally on countries' policies and practices of science education. Among these pressures are key issues of health and environment confronting global science, global economic control through multi-national capitalism, comparative and competitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Global Approach, Science and Society
Approaches to the Teaching of STS in Science Education.
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Fensham, Peter J. – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Outlines the developments of a conception of the interaction between science, technology, and society in science education. Classifies the varieties of curriculum materials using an epistemological typology. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Instructional Materials, Science and Society, Science Curriculum