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Download full textSadler, Troy D. – 2004
Science educators have appropriated many meanings for the phrase "scientific literacy". This paper advances an argument that in order to maintain the usefulness of such a malleable phrase, its users must explicitly address the context of its use. Based on the vision of science education articulated in standards documents from the United States and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Higher Education, Moral Issues
Sadler, Troy D.; Zeidler, Dana L. – 2004
The purpose of this article is to contribute to a theoretical knowledge base through research by examining factors salient to science education reform and practice in the context of socioscientific issues. The study explores how individuals negotiate and resolve genetic engineering dilemmas. A mixed-methods approach was used to examine patterns of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Genetic Engineering, Higher Education, Moral Issues
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Science educators have appropriated many meanings for the phrase "scientific literacy" (Champagne & Lovitts, 1989). This paper advances an argument that in order to maintain the usefulness of such a malleable phrase, its users must explicitly address the context of its use. Based on the vision of science education articulated in standards…
Descriptors: Moral Issues, Ethics, Decision Making, Science Education
Sadler, Troy D.; Zeidler, Dana L. – 2003
The ability to negotiate and resolve socioscientific issues has been posited as integral components of scientific literacy. Although philosophers and science educators have argued that socioscientific issues inherently involve moral and ethical considerations, the ultimate arbiters of morality are individual decision-makers. This study explored…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Genetic Engineering, Higher Education
Sadler, Troy D.; Donnelly, Lisa A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
Broad support exists within the science education community for the incorporation of socioscientific issues (SSI) and argumentation in the science curriculum. This study investigates how content knowledge and morality contribute to the quality of SSI argumentation among high school students. We employed a mixed-methods approach: 56 participants…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Curriculum, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Moral Issues
Sadler, Troy D. – 2002
The promotion of scientific literacy has become an important goal for science education, and the ability to negotiate socioscientific issues is at least one aspect of scientific literacy. This paper focuses on how the moral dimensions of socioscientific issues influence decision-making regarding these issues. Morality is examined from multiple…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
