Beliefs and Values in Science Education

This book examines ways in which beliefs and values interact with science and science teaching. It looks at some of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural contexts within which science has developed and considers how these factors can affect the choice of scientific theory. Various historical sections provide resource material for showing pupils the role of the history of science in the study of science. Interactions between science and religious belief are also analysed to clarify the nature, strengths and limitations of science as well as its place in the total curriculum.

Publication of this book is particularly timely as contributions to pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development are currently receiving emphasis across the whole curriculum.

List of contents

'Everybody needs Standards', bases of decision
making
'What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know'?, beliefs and values about science
'Every comparison has a limp', language, concepts and models
'Wanted! Alive or dead', environmental beliefs and values
'In the beginning...', cosmology and creation
'Publish and be damned'?, the Galileo affair
'God knows what the public will think', the Darwinian controversies
References
Index.

Summary

This book examines ways in which beliefs and values interact with science and science teaching. It looks at some of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural contexts within which science has developed and considers how these factors can affect the choice of scientific theory.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Poole, Michael W Poole, Robert Ed. Stafford C. M. Stafford Poole, Russell Poole, W. Michael Poole, W.michael Poole
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780335156450
• ISBN: 978-0-335-15645-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Developing Science & Technology Education; Cold War History Series; Developing Science and Technology Education; Cold War History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)