Teaching citizenship through science: socio-scientific issues as an important component of citizenship Export

@article{Grace2006, abstract = {This paper is based on the view that many of the issues facing us as modern citizens are underpinned by science, and that pupils should therefore consider socio-scientific issues in the course of their formal science education. This should lay the foundations for decision-making and actions in adulthood in relation to controversial science-based problems of society. Many areas of debate at all levels from government to the media relate to socio-scientific issues: How do we handle an imminent bird flu pandemic? Is genetic modification the future of medicines and global food supply? Is climate change really as big a threat to humanity as scientists tell us? How conclusive is DNA evidence in a murder trial? Should we consider building a new generation of nuclear power stations? These are examples of typical socio-scientific issues which impact on us all, from determining policy through to individual decision making.}, author = {Grace, Marcus}, citeulike-article-id = {4254126}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/63214/}, journal = {Prospero}, keywords = {citizenship, education, issues, risk, science, socio-scientific, teaching, turs-project}, number = {3}, pages = {45--53}, posted-at = {2009-04-01 17:47:23}, priority = {0}, title = {Teaching citizenship through science: socio-scientific issues as an important component of citizenship}, url = {http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/63214/}, volume = {12}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - Grace2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4254126 N2 - This paper is based on the view that many of the issues facing us as modern citizens are underpinned by science, and that pupils should therefore consider socio-scientific issues in the course of their formal science education. This should lay the foundations for decision-making and actions in adulthood in relation to controversial science-based problems of society. Many areas of debate at all levels from government to the media relate to socio-scientific issues: How do we handle an imminent bird flu pandemic? Is genetic modification the future of medicines and global food supply? Is climate change really as big a threat to humanity as scientists tell us? How conclusive is DNA evidence in a murder trial? Should we consider building a new generation of nuclear power stations? These are examples of typical socio-scientific issues which impact on us all, from determining policy through to individual decision making. IS - 3 JF - Prospero EP - 53 TI - Teaching citizenship through science: socio-scientific issues as an important component of citizenship VL - 12 SP - 45 KW - citizenship KW - education KW - issues KW - risk KW - science KW - socio-scientific KW - teaching KW - turs-project AU - Grace, Marcus PY - 2006/// UR - http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/63214/ ER -