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Going beyond cultural pluralism: Science education for sociopolitical action
Author(s) -
Hodson Derek
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
science education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.209
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1098-237X
pISSN - 0036-8326
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-237x(199911)83:6<775::aid-sce8>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - enculturation , multicultural education , curriculum , sociology , cultural pluralism , science education , oppression , pedagogy , multiculturalism , racism , pluralism (philosophy) , political science , epistemology , gender studies , politics , law , philosophy
Some guiding principles of antiracist education are combined with Vygotskian notions of education as enculturation in order to produce a set of proposals for a radical form of multicultural science education for sociopolitical action. Major educational goals include: raising participation and attainment levels in science for students from ethnic minority groups; and sensitizing all students to racism, and other forms of discrimination and oppression, in science and technology, science education, and contemporary society. This article outlines a radical form of curriculum development, involving the politicization of teachers, as the only effective way of implementing such a curriculum. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Sci Ed 83: 775–796, 1999.