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Ethics, STEM, and the Possibilities and Limitations of Transformation in Capitalist, Militarist Democracies

Sun, April 10, 8:15 to 9:45am, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Four, Liberty Salon N

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are intricately tied to the workings and interests of modern democratic societies, but are largely seen as neutral, value-free, and apolitical. This symposium brings together a group of education researchers who study how people reason, in the contexts of STEM learning and/or STEM-based arguments, about ethical issues that are central to democratic societies. The contributors will discuss how conceptualizing perspective taking, a critical dimension of ethical sense making, as an ideological activity can support perspective takers or those whose perspectives are purportedly taken to better name and address the dynamics of power that shape those representations and construct associated notions of empathy.

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