Addressing Complexity in Science|Environment|Health Pedagogy

Autor: Mats Lundström, Sandra Sprenger, Albert Zeyer, Julia Arnold, Jesper Sjöström, Kerstin Kremer, Valentín Gavidia, Nuria Álvaro, Olga Mayoral, Alla Keselman, J. Christian Benninghaus, Helen Hasslöf
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
teacher identity
Sociology of scientific knowledge
miljöundervisning
Socio-Scientific Issues
Science education
context
STSEH pedagogy
Inquiry Based Science Education
Empirical research
teaching complex issues
Pedagogy
hälsodidaktik
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
teacher role
Sociology
environmental literacy
Socio-scientific issues
risk
nanotechnology
SEH
health
SSIBL
Teacher Professional Development
Environmental education
ethical-political dilemmas
technology
PARRISE
nano
TPD
environment
hälsoundervisning
Science-Technology-Society-Environment-Health
STSE
Health literacy
Context (language use)
decision making
Science|Environment|Health pedagogy
health education
complex systems
miljödidaktik
conflict analysis
life-cycle analysis
citizenship education
business.industry
nanotech
Pedagogik
complex issues
risk education
Scientific literacy
environmental education
SEH pedagogy
nanoparticles
science education
complexity
business
complexity-based science education
health literacy
scientific literacy
Zdroj: Contributions from Science Education Research ISBN: 9783030172183
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17219-0_10
Popis: This paper aims to discuss complexity as a key feature for understanding the role of science knowledge in environmental and health contexts—a central issue in Science|Environment|Health pedagogy. Complex systems are, in principle, not predictable. In different contexts, ephemeral mechanisms produce different, sometimes completely unexpected results. The art of decision-making in complex contexts is to take scientific knowledge into account but to interpret its meaning in terms of concrete complex contexts. This is illustrated by four empirical studies on Science|Environment|Health issues, presented midway through this paper. The findings underscore the importance of introducing complexity issues into science education. Not only are all the grand health and environmental challenges of our times highly complex, but there is also evidence that introducing complexity into science education may support many students’ motivation to learn science and change practice in science classrooms. Truly appreciating the role of complexity in Science|Environment|Health pedagogy is likely to raise future citizens who understand the delicate relation between predictability and adaption and to empower them for wise decisions about societal and personal well-being.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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