Equipping students with the capability to perform considerate decision-making is a key
competence to elaborate socio-scientific issues. Particularly in the socio-scientific context of …

Despite its importance Environmental Citizenship has been under-explored until the last few
years (Dobson 2007). Due to the complexity of the concept, Environmental Citizenship was …

Perspective taking has been identified as a critical skill in the development of scientifically
literate citizenry. Despite the importance of the construct, operationalising and identifying …

In the socioscientific issues (SSI) classroom, students need to cross the border between the
subcultures of science (ie, school science vs. everyday science). Traditional school contexts …

Post-truth is a social condition that threatens the trust in science and people's critical
thinking. This paper analyzes some of the educational responses to post-truth, claiming the …

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 identification of high-leverage teaching practices that can be improved through targeted
practice should contribute to the enhancement of teachers' facilitation of instruction and …

This article sought to give an overview of different interpretations and characterizations of
socioscientific issues (SSIs) by identifying single entities that could form components of SSI …

The present study developed a web-based argumentation program (WAP) to support the
science concept and argumentation learning of low achievers (LAs) in socio-scientific issue …

Students' difficulties in interpreting what counts as knowledge have been addressed in past
research on science education. The implementation of progressivist pedagogy in terms of …