Debates in Science Education

Justin Dillon is Professor of Science and Environmental Education at UCL. He was President of the European Science Education Research Association from 2007-11 and is currently President of the UK National Association for Environmental Education. Mike Watts is Professor of Education at Brunel University London. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2005, is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and is a council member of the National Conference of University Professors.

1. Debates in science education Section 1. Debates about the nature and purpose of science education in contemporary society 2. The STEM, STEAM, STEAME debate: what does each term mean and what theoretical frameworks underpin their development? 3. To be debated: teachers should mobilize science students to help replace capitalism 4. Debates, intimacies, affects and agencies: science education in the ‘hard’ climate change era 5. Climate change education 6. Science education for citizenship: contributions from knowledge of and about science in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic 7. Science and anti-science Section 2. Debates about the relationship between science and science pedagogy 8. Challenges in teaching using inquiry-based science 9. Science as practice? 10. Learning and assessment 11. Science pedagogies from an international and comparative perspective Section 3. Debates about whole-school issues which have a science dimension 12. Inclusion and equity in science education 13. Faith, science and classrooms 14. Sensitive issues in science: the case of relationships and sex education 15. Transition from primary to secondary 16. Creativity in school science 17. Science and mathematics: the mathematical demands of science