ERIC Number: EJ850263
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Sep
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Students' Socio-Scientific Reasoning on Controversies from the Viewpoint of Education for Sustainable Development
Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v4 n3 p657-687 Sep 2009
In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of social representations and of socio-scientific reasoning. Students' reasoning varies according to the issues, in particular because of their emotional proximity with the issues and their socio-cultural origin. About this kind of issues, it seems pertinent to integrate into the operations of socio-scientific reasoning not only the consideration of values, but also the analysis of the modes of governance and the place given to politics.
Descriptors: Local Issues, Foreign Countries, Climate, Sustainable Development, College Students, Student Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Background, Student Characteristics, Politics of Education, Governance, Values, Cultural Context, Social Environment, Educational Environment, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Scientific Concepts, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Problems
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: France
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