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DESIGNING INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL FAITH AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF SCIENCE
Author(s) -
Pierce Clayton
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
educational theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1741-5446
pISSN - 0013-2004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2007.00248.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , science education , democracy , sociology , embodied cognition , democratization , faith , sociology of scientific knowledge , argument (complex analysis) , politics , field (mathematics) , science, technology, society and environment education , social science , engineering ethics , pedagogy , philosophy , political science , engineering , law , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , pure mathematics
A bstract In this essay, Clayton Pierce examines the epistemological standpoints of Intelligent Design (ID) and evolutionary science education, focusing specifically on the pedagogical question of how ID and modern science‐based education fail to promote democratic relations in how students learn, think, and associate with science and technology in society. Pierce explores the debate in education between ID and traditional science education that centers on the epistemological assumptions embodied in the modern scientific model. Turning to Bruno Latour’s recent work in the field of science studies, Pierce develops his argument that both expressions of knowledge fail to deliver an adequate theoretical and practical democratic framework for teaching and learning about knowledge systems and technologies in their social, political, and cultural environments.