Argumentation as pedagogy for social justice through science education

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  • N Edwards

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20853/25-1-5474

Keywords:

educational curriculum, transformative classroom, dialogical encounter, science education, social transformation, social justice pedagogy

Abstract

Teachers are the curriculum implementers in the classroom, which can become either a constraining or transformative environment. In this article Bourdieu’s notion of habitus is appropriated to illustrate the transformative potential of the teacher in the classroom. Paulo Freire’s problem-posing education is also utilised as it opens up the space for a dialogical encounter in the classroom. It is then suggested that argumentation as pedagogy in science education is dialogical by nature and can contribute towards social transformation. Debates about socio-scientific issues in the public domain require the skills that argumentation promotes and it is proposed that social justice pedagogy can make a contribution.

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Published

2011-01-22

How to Cite

Edwards , N. 2011. “Argumentation As Pedagogy for Social Justice through Science Education”. South African Journal of Higher Education 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.20853/25-1-5474.

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