History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science and Science Teaching

Catalog description

Examination of the implications of history, philosophy, and sociology of science for science teaching. SCIED 551 History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science and Science Teaching (3) This course explores science and school science studies from a sociocultural perspective. Topics draw from scholarship in the sociology, philosophy, and discourse of science. Among the central topics for discussion will be the social context of disciplinary knowledge, problems of experimentation, ideological bias in research, feminist critiques of science, the discourse of school science, multicultural issues in science, and knowledge access issues. The focus will remain on curriculum, instruction, and learning throughout the course. The course goals include learning about the history, philosophy, and sociology (HPS) of science as related to science education, learning about educational research and scholarship, applying ideas from HPS to the field of science education research. Students are expected to examine and interpret contemporary research in science education and related fields.