Embracing the Complexity of Current Societal Challenges Embedding a Transformative Dimension Into Science Education (Poster 38)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Twelve
  In Poster Session: Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts 1

Abstract

Dealing with the threatening challenges that characterise our era requires the development of knowledge and skills to navigate uncertainty and complexity of science as part of everyday-life. How can we support school students in transforming the base of knowledge and experiences to become agents of transformative change as current complex societal challenges require? We address this broader question through a study framed within [ANONYMISED] project, aimed at promoting new forms of scientific literacy and skills to empower students to become agents of change. The project conceives school science as involving learning and transformation across three spheres where both individuals and their institutional contexts change as participants gain agency. The study illustrates the approach and presents the analysis of an iteration.

Authors

• Giulia Tasquier, University of Bologna
  Presenting Author

• Erik Knain, University of Oslo
  Non-Presenting Author

• Alfredo Jornet Gil, Universitat de Girona
  Non-Presenting Author