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Ju Hui Kang; Eun-Young Ko; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore scientific discourses on vaccination in YouTube comments using the Connectivism theory as a foundational guide in the inquiry of understanding knowledge seeking and sharing. The authors sought to understand how individuals share and seek information by using external sources through URL links to validate their…
Descriptors: Social Media, Video Technology, Scientific Concepts, Science Education
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Benjamin C. Herman; Sarah Poor; Michael P. Clough; Asha Rao; Aaron Kidd; Daniel De Jesús; Davis Varghese – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Informed scientific thinking is a vital component of engaging all socioscientific issues (SSI) such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, socioscientific engagement may be influenced by sociocultural factors and mis/disinformation efforts to the widespread detriment of human and environmental well-being. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Undergraduate Students, Beliefs, Misinformation
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Cetinkaya, Ertan; Saribas, Deniz – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2023
In today's world, there is too much information pollution and people circulate it without questioning, and the claims on controversial issues often contain fallacies and conspiracy theories. Considering this point of view, it is necessary to create citizens who critically evaluate information. In order to achieve this goal, science educators need…
Descriptors: Deception, Immunization Programs, Science Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content)