Debates in Science Education

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