Portraying Science Accurately in Classrooms: Emphasizing Open-Mindedness Rather Than Relativism
✍ Scribed by Patricia Harding; William Hare
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4308
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✦ Synopsis
Constructivist science education typically presents a relativist image of scientific knowledge that is not shared by scientists. Truth and time are defined differently by scientists than by postmodern observers of science; a theoretical definition of truth is often applied to scientific knowledge within science education, whereas a practical definition, supported by evidence, is used within science. Similarly, time is sometimes taken out of context within science education when scientific concepts that have developed slowly and are well accepted by scientists are treated as though they were tentative.