ERIC Number: EJ1452250
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jan
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: EISSN-1938-1328
A Case on a Lesson Plan about Take-Out Plastics Use Addressing Confucianism for Sustainability-Oriented Secondary Chemistry Education in Mainland China
Baoyu Li; Bangping Ding; Ingo Eilks
Journal of Chemical Education, v101 n1 p58-68 2024
Socio-scientific issues-based science instruction addresses societal-related issues to promote contemporary science education. Societal-related issues almost always have to be considered in the cultural environment to which they are relevant. This means that the cultural aspects of socio-scientific issues need to be taken into account to develop scientific literacy for a sustainable future. However, related educational research focusing on the cultural components of socio-scientific issues is rare in mainland China and elsewhere. A lesson plan about disposable plastic take-out food containers is presented that operates links to Confucian ecological ethics. The lesson plan was designed, implemented online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and evaluated in a suburban high school in Beijing, China. The intervention contains the introduction, learning about conventional and biodegradable plastics, and a role-play debate to raise students' awareness of environmentally friendly attitudes and behaviors in connection to Confucian ecological ethics. Two learning groups (N = 79) joined the intervention. A feedback questionnaire indicates the feasibility of the lesson plan and that focusing on Confucian ecological ethics can contribute to chemistry education for sustainable development in Confucian societies.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Chemistry, Sustainability, Ecology, Intervention, Ethics, Confucianism, Plastics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)
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