Re-presenting the social construction of science in light of the propositions of Bruno Latour: For a renewal of the school conception of science in secondary schools Export

@article{citeulike:6095427, abstract = {Current opinion holds that school science has not been producing the expected outcomes. Highlighted by a considerable body of research, one of the concerns is that young people still mobilize a naive conception of science. Consequently, we must pursue the reflection process concerning ways of renewing the school conception of science so as to propose ways of representing and doing that are a greater source of participation among students. In this article, we argue for the importance of enriching school discourses by mobilizing a socialized conception of science. Our perspective seeks to highlight the major theoretical contributions of ethnomethodology put forward by Bruno Latour. Hence, we propose an operational definition of the social construction of science based on actor-network theory as an attempt to produce a more focused conceptualization of science as a social enterprise. This theoretical work enables us to bring out various facets of the social construction of science that, in our view, should be accounted for in classes to renew the school image of science in line with the characteristics of contemporary technosciences in the making. Finally, we illustrate how we can mobilize this understanding of science for secondary students. {\copyright} 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sci Ed 1-17, 2009}, address = {D\'{e}partement d'\'{e}tudes sur l'enseignement et l'apprentissage, Universit\'{e} Laval, Qu\'{e}bec, (Qu\'{e}bec) G1V 0A6, Canada}, author = {Richard, Vincent and Bader, Barbara}, citeulike-article-id = {6095427}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.20376}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122680521/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/sce.20376}, issn = {1098-237X}, journal = {Science Education}, keywords = {science\_studies, sociocultural}, number = {9999}, pages = {n/a+}, posted-at = {2009-11-10 16:48:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Re-presenting the social construction of science in light of the propositions of Bruno Latour: For a renewal of the school conception of science in secondary schools}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.20376}, volume = {9999}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6095427 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6095427 N2 - Current opinion holds that school science has not been producing the expected outcomes. Highlighted by a considerable body of research, one of the concerns is that young people still mobilize a naive conception of science. Consequently, we must pursue the reflection process concerning ways of renewing the school conception of science so as to propose ways of representing and doing that are a greater source of participation among students. In this article, we argue for the importance of enriching school discourses by mobilizing a socialized conception of science. Our perspective seeks to highlight the major theoretical contributions of ethnomethodology put forward by Bruno Latour. Hence, we propose an operational definition of the social construction of science based on actor-network theory as an attempt to produce a more focused conceptualization of science as a social enterprise. This theoretical work enables us to bring out various facets of the social construction of science that, in our view, should be accounted for in classes to renew the school image of science in line with the characteristics of contemporary technosciences in the making. Finally, we illustrate how we can mobilize this understanding of science for secondary students. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sci Ed 1-17, 2009 IS - 9999 JF - Science Education SN - 1098-237X AD - Département d'études sur l'enseignement et l'apprentissage, Université Laval, Québec, (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada TI - Re-presenting the social construction of science in light of the propositions of Bruno Latour: For a renewal of the school conception of science in secondary schools VL - 9999 SP - n/a KW - science_studies KW - sociocultural AU - Richard, Vincent AU - Bader, Barbara PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.20376 ER -