ERIC Number: EJ1460633
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
EISSN: EISSN-1098-2736
Available Date: 2024-07-19
Preparing Students for the Modern Information Landscape and Navigating Science-Technology-Society Issues
Jerrid Kruse1; Sarah Voss2; Jaclyn Easter3; Isaiah Kent-Schneider1; Lucas Menke1; David Owens4; Kean Roberts1; Lindsay Woodward1
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v62 n3 p792-824 2025
The goals of science education must be sufficiently broad to support learners navigating changing scientific, social, and media landscapes. This position paper builds upon existing scholarship to articulate a set of constructs useful for navigating the modern information landscape including constructs with a long history in science education (e.g., science content knowledge, science practices, nature of science) as well as those still relatively uncommon in science education (e.g., domain-general epistemological beliefs, science disciplinary literacy, socioscientific reasoning, science media literacy, nature of technology, and critical consciousness). The paper first defines each construct, discusses how each construct supports navigating the modern information landscape, and explores research concerning the teaching and learning of each construct. Then, in the section "Application of Constructs to the Modern Information Landscape", the paper succinctly explains how the constructs collectively combat particular struggles people may encounter. In addition to defining and articulating the constructs' utility, we explore strategies educators can use to integrate these constructs into their science teaching. Finally, we discuss implications for teaching, teacher education, and future research.
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Teaching and Learning, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA; 2Science, Math and Technology Education, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA; 3Education, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA; 4Teaching and Learning/Environmental Studies, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA