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Culture and science education in the 21st century: Extending and making the cultural box more inclusive
Author(s) -
Parsons Eileen Carlton,
Carlone Heidi B.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.21068
Subject(s) - science education , sociology , science, technology, society and environment education , social science education , epistemology , social science , engineering ethics , pedagogy , mathematics education , psychology , engineering , philosophy
We are pleased to introduce the Special Issue, Culture and Science Education in the 21st Century. In the past 20 years, the concept of culture has become more prominent and relevant in science education. The culture of science, culture of school science, culture of science classrooms, and cultures of individual actors in the science educative process are among the many ways in which culture has been cast and examined in the science education literature. Many studies described culture and examined its role in the participation in and the teaching and learning of science but fewer studies comprehensively entertained culture as a structure and mechanism that can inform research and policies developed to address the numerous challenges in science education.