Levinson, Ralph;
(2022)
Teaching SSIs: An Epistemology Based on Social Justice Through the Meta Theory of Critical Realism.
In: Hsu, Ying-Shao and Tytler, Russell and White, Peta J, (eds.)
Innovative Approaches to Socioscientific Issues and Sustainability Education.
(pp. 367-379).
Springer Nature: Singapore.
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Abstract
Teaching socioscientific issues presupposes integrating normative concepts with descriptive facts. Historically this has proved problematic firstly because science public examinations tend to focus on factual explanations, and secondly, facts are often treated separately from value-oriented knowledge. Critical Realism is based on explaining real open systems through the use of causal powers, tendencies of bodies to act under actuating circumstances, and emergent structures so that events can be explained through a range of interacting causes: physico-chemical, biological, socio-psychological, politico-economic. The manufacture of aluminum is discussed through a critical realist perspective and it is suggested that both production and consumption, and an awareness of social justice, are central to understanding SSIs.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Teaching SSIs: An Epistemology Based on Social Justice Through the Meta Theory of Critical Realism |
| ISBN-13: | 978-981-19-1840-7 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-19-1840-7_21 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1840-7_21 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Socioscientific issues, Critical realism, Social justice, Manufacture |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157136 |
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