The Committed Objectivity of Science and the Importance of Scientific Knowledge in Ethical and Political Education

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dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Newton [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMassi, Luciana [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Lucas André [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-01T11:07:20Z
dc.date.available2022-05-01T11:07:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-01
dc.description.abstractDespite advances in discussions about the nature of science, there is still a paucity of discussion on the ontological dimension of science in science education research that makes it difficult to defend its content and teaching. In this article, the reasons for trusting science and science education are analyzed through three arguments. The first is that both the belligerent obscurantism and fake news of the ultra-right and the postmodern relativism of sections of the leftwing are connected to objective movements from the capitalist socioeconomic reality. The reestablishment of trust in science and its teaching requires an effort to understand the contemporary social contradictions, problems, and challenges. The second argument is that scientific knowledge does not need to abdicate objectivity in order to ground ethical and political positions. The third argument is that the socialization of scientific knowledge through school education is a necessary, albeit insufficient, condition for the ethical–political education of younger generations. The article concludes by stating that it is necessary to overcome the choice between an education that is supposedly neutral in political and ideological terms and an education that rejects the socialization of scientific knowledge in the name of respecting the multiplicity of culturally rooted voices from within the different oppressed groups present in today’s society.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Psychology of Education Faculty of Science and Languages University of São Paulo State (UNESP), Av. Waldemar Orlando Paganelli, 117, Jardim dos Flamboyants
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Education Faculty of Science and Languages University of São Paulo State (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of Psychology of Education Faculty of Science and Languages University of São Paulo State (UNESP), Av. Waldemar Orlando Paganelli, 117, Jardim dos Flamboyants
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of Education Faculty of Science and Languages University of São Paulo State (UNESP)
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11191-021-00302-2
dc.identifier.citationScience and Education.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11191-021-00302-2
dc.identifier.issn1573-1901
dc.identifier.issn0926-7220
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85120346804
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/233857
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofScience and Education
dc.sourceScopus
dc.titleThe Committed Objectivity of Science and the Importance of Scientific Knowledge in Ethical and Political Educationen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1837-8004[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8761-3181[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-8210-1184[3]

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