Socioscientific issues (SSIs) have gained recently more importance in science education.
SSIs are an important component of scientific literacy. SSIs are social dilemmas including …

In the present STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)-driven society,
socioscientific issues (SSI) have become a focus globally and SSI research has grown into …

This study examined the curriculums and implementation of Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) in upper secondary schools in Japan and Sweden and examined and …

In 2010, there was a wake-up call that began somewhat locally in the pristine waters of the
Gulf of Mexico but soon reverberated with global scientific, political, environmental, and …

The inclusion of socioscientific issues (SSIs) in the science curriculum is a well-established
trend internationally. Apart from claims about its innate value, one of the rationales for this …

This study aims to explore students' argumentation and decision-making relating to an
authentic socioscientific issue (SSI)—the problem of environmental toxins in fish from the …

In this position paper, we introduce the concept of socioscientific capital (SSC) to denote
students' resources that unequivocally play a part when students learn about and make …

To achieve the goal of scientific literacy, the skills of argumentation have been emphasized
in science education during the past decades. But the extent to which students can apply …

Socio-scientific issues (SSI) have proven to be suitable contexts for students to actively
reflect on and argue about complex social issues related to science. Research has indicated …

Students' argumentation skills are considered a central tool to contribute to scientific
controversies in the science classroom. Scientific controversies of social relevance …