Ethics and Science Education: How Subjectivity Matters

• Main Author: Bazzul, Jesse (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Science education.; Education > Philosophy.; Science Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Curriculum Studies.

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 r...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .