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ERIC Number: EJ978990
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-1871-1502
A Perspective on Knowing about Global Warming and a Critical Comment about Schools and Curriculum in Relation to Socio-Scientific Issues
Levinson, Ralph
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v7 n3 p693-701 Sep 2012
The focus of this response to Virginie Albe and Marie-Jose Gombert's (2011) article on a research study of students' school science conference on global warming is to develop some thoughts on covert assumptions which underpin any such conference. My comments refer to the politics behind the production of scientific knowledge of climate change and the institutional barriers to action on socio-scientific issues presented by schools working predominantly on neoliberal agendas.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Climate, Science Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Research, Barriers, Environmental Education, Nontraditional Education, School Culture, Sociocultural Patterns, Social Sciences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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