Science education for democracy: illusion or aspiration

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• Ralph Levinson (Reader in Education, Institute of Education University of London)
• Monday 23 January 2012, 17:00-18:30
• Room 205, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College, Cambridge , CB2 2PH.

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Refreshments available from 16.30, wine served after seminar

There has been a shift in emphasis in science curriculum policy from a predominantly instrumentalist approach towards values of citizenship and democratic participation. Such tendencies reflect aspects of deliberative democracy in which shared aims are striven for through processes of rational discussion and deliberation. I will argue that there is a lack of epistemological justification and empirical grounding for these aspirations and present new models which hold out more promise for social justice and democracy. However these models also carry risks and uncertainties.

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