What is the position/contribution of biology in environmental education
Contribuinte(s) |
Lewis, Jenny Magro, Alexandra Simonneaux, Laurence |
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Data(s) |
01/01/2002
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Resumo |
In this paper I intend to argue that biological science education and environmental education have traditionally represented fundamentally different discourses - that they have explicitly or implicitly adopted different epistemologies and ontologies - and that this difference has had implications for the conduct of research in these fields. I will draw on recent developments in theory, policy and practice in the field of environmental education to argue that this field tends to be located within a social discourse - that there is a foundation in policy and practice for considering environmental issues as fundamentally social and ethical in nature, rather than in some sense objectively existing. I then consider a rising topic in biology education (that of Biotechnology) as one which while tending to be treated within a scientific discourse, would be more fully explored educationally within a social discourse. I conclude by suggesting that in biology education research we need to consider a reconciliation of these historically differing perspectives.<br /> |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Ecole nationale de formation agronomique |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30004958/robottom-whatisthe-2003.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30004958/robottom-whatistheposition-2002.pdf |
Direitos |
2002, ENFA |
Tipo |
Conference Paper |