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EcoJust STEM Education Mobilized Through Counter-Hegemonic Globalization

Levinson, Ralph; Bencze, Larry; Carter, Lyn; Martins, Isabel; Pouliot, Chantal; Weinstein, Matthew; Zouda, Majd; (2019) EcoJust STEM Education Mobilized Through Counter-Hegemonic Globalization. In: Saltman, Kenneth J and Means, Alexander J, (eds.) The Wiley Handbook of Global Educational Reform. (pp. 389-411). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, USA.

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Abstract

This chapter provides the readers with what it believes to be ecojust alternatives to neoliberalism-influenced science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education projects. In doing so, it seems to have attended different ontological, epistemological, and axiological perspectives on STEM education. The chapter suggests that reformers launch a program of counter-hegemonic globalization that, rather than “re-inventing the wheel”, “capitalizes” on many existing actants in capitalist networks, including, among many, electronic social networks, educational entities, and transnational agencies. One approach to school science that prioritizes social justice and environmental sustainability is the STEPWISE program. The chapter presents the cases in which university-based science teacher educators from different institutional contexts around the world describe alternatives to neoliberalism-influenced STEM education. They are: towards globalization as possibility; science education guided by social and ecojustice principles; connecting pre-service teachers to social movements; considering ‘the other’ in science teacher education; socio-technical controversies in and out of classrooms.

Type: Book chapter
Title: EcoJust STEM Education Mobilized Through Counter-Hegemonic Globalization
ISBN-13: 9781119083078
DOI: 10.1002/9781119082316
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119082316.ch19
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: counter-hegemonic globalization, ecojust alternative, neoliberalism, science education, STEM education, STEPWISE program
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
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157155
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