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Publication Date: 2016-Mar
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On the Societal Nature of Praxis and Organic Research
Roth, Wolff-Michael
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v11 n1 p105-125 Mar 2016
In its focus on social practices, the feature article presents an interesting theoretical framework for rethinking not only where and how knowing and learning in science education exhibit themselves but also we might change our own research practice. The framework is not new to me, as I have advocated it explicitly for more than 15 years. But over time it became apparent to me that some particularities of participation in practice may be grounded more strongly in an orientation towards the "societal" nature of any human praxis. In this forum contribution, I present a theoretical approach built on societal-historical activity theory that also takes activism as a major category for theorizing participation. This approach not only covers the extent of the social practice framework but also allows us to make thematic the production of inequity and restrictions to access science and engineering that are characteristic of many societies.
Descriptors: Praxis, Social Theories, Science Education, Science and Society, Scientific Research, Social Science Research, Participation
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