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Scientific World Building on the Edge of Chaos: High School Students' Beliefs About Mathematics and Science
Author(s) -
Fleener M. Jayne
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1996.tb15841.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , science education , viewpoints , cognitive dissonance , categorization , mathematics , psychology , epistemology , art , social psychology , visual arts , philosophy
This study investigated high school students' beliefs about mathematics and science during a four week summer residential mathematics and science program. Beliefs about mathematical and scientific truths, the value and importance of mathematics and science inquiry, gender equity and ability with respect to pursuit of mathematics and science careers, the relationship between mathematics and technology, and the role of science in society were examined. Habermasian ways of knowing were used to categorize student beliefs and determine student world views. Implications of this study include suggested changes in the organizational dynamics of schooling to better prepare our students for surviving in the complexity of the 21st century and reducing dissonance between the “classical” educational viewpoints and the “chaotic” world.