Virtues As Integral to Science Education - Understanding Intellectual, Moral, Civic Value of Science Scientific

Summary

By investigating the re-emergence of intellectual, moral, and civic virtues in the practice and teaching of science, this text challenges the increasing professionalization of science; questions the view of scientific knowledge as objective; and highlights the relationship between democracy and science.
Written by a range of experts in science, the history of science, education and philosophy, the text establishes the historical relationship between natural philosophy and the Aristotelian virtues before moving to the challenges that the relationship faces, with the emergence, and increasing hegemony, brought about by the professionalization of science. Exploring how virtues relate to citizenship, technology, and politics, the chapters in this work illustrate the ways in which virtues are integral to understanding the values and limitations of science, and its role in informing democratic engagement. The text also demonstrates how the guiding virtues of scientific inquiry can be communicated in the classroom to the benefit of both individuals and wider societies.
Scholars in the fields of Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Philosophy of Education, as well as Science Education, will find this book to be highly useful.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne (Lakehead University Melville
• Assisted by: Donald Kerr (Editor), Kerr Donald (Editor), Wayne Melville (Editor), Melville Wayne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367545550
• ISBN: 978-0-367-54555-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Business ethics & social responsibility, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Business ethics and social responsibility, Educational: Sciences, General Science, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General