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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254963603321

Autore

Bazzul Jesse

Titolo

Ethics and Science Education: How Subjectivity Matters / / by Jesse Bazzul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-39132-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 67 p. 1 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education, , 2211-193X

Disciplina

375.001

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching

Education - Philosophy

Education - Curricula

Science Education

Educational Philosophy

Curriculum Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Science Education as a Site of Struggle -- Chapter 2: The Constitution of Subjectivities: Discourse, Practices, and Repetition -- Chapter 3: The ‘Ethical Subject’ of Science Education -- Chapter 4: Science Education and Subjectivity in (Bio)political Context -- Chapter 5: Egalitarian Politics and the Dimensions of An Ethical Self -- Afterword: Different concepts and tools to bring about an ethically and politically engaged science education. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book encapsulates a line of research that looks at how students are positioned as ethical actors/decision makers in biology education by science policy, curriculum, and classroom resources. Its basis comes from a textbook study that examined how biology texts work to constitute subjectivities related to neoliberalism and global capitalism, sex/gender and sexuality, and ethics. The study found that textbook discourses set limits on a) the types of ethical concerns represented b) the modes of ethical engagement c) the dispositions necessary to engage in ethical action or decision-making. Policy reform, regulation, and personal lifestyle choices were the primary ways students could



approach ethical decision-making or action. While these approaches are useful, they are likely not sufficient for dealing with major twenty first century problems such as climate change and social inequality, along with new ethical dimensions introduced by biotechnologies and genomic research. This research brief sets a context for how discourses of science education policy and curricula work to shape a ‘subject of ethics’, that is how students come to see themselves as participants in issues of ethical concern. Drawing from a structural-poststructural philosophical approach, Science and Technology Studies, educational research, and a methodology based on discourse analysis and ethnography, this book's overall goal is to assist with research into subjectivity, ethics, politics, policy, and socioscientific issues in science education.