Moral–Ethical Character and Science Education: EcoJustice Ethics Through Socioscientific Issues (SSI)

摘要: Socioscientific issues (SSI) provide situations where science teachers and students analyze complex associated with ethical, political, social dilemmas, such as whether animals should be kept in zoos or plants genetically modified. While engaging socioscientific issues, become informed about scientific conditions develop epistemological styles for dealing research the consequences thereof. During a time of increasing awareness around cultural diversity, biodiversity, ecological degradations, epistemic development is paramount helping evaluate how they frame their relationships others including nonhuman species physical environments. In this regard, justice movements have been too limited exclusive, higher priority humankind. Social justice, currently conceptualized education literature, seldom extended to animals, plants, land. often disparities between haves have-nots, which historically contrived middle-class values, norms, conventions. It inherently what considered right humans without considering decisions convened will impact nonhumans.