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Real ising the school science curriculum
Author(s) -
Levinson Ralph
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2018.1504314
Subject(s) - curriculum , social justice , sociology , pedagogy , epistemology , mathematics education , social science , psychology , philosophy
This article identifies historical, pedagogical and epistemological problems which distance the school science curriculum from social questions, and issues of social justice more specifically. Drawing on a critical realist approach it addresses these problems and aims to demonstrate that social justice lies at the heart of inquiry in science in schools.