Enhancing Socioscientific Reasoning Through Nature of Technology

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Author(s): Hyunok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)and Hyunju Lee (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 29
Source title: Socioscientific Issues-Based Instruction for Scientific Literacy Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Wardell A. Powell (Framingham State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4558-4.ch006

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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Fostering informed Socioscientific Reasoning (SSR) is an essential component of developing scientific literacy. In this chapter, the authors suggest that enhancing Nature of Technology (NOT) understanding can be one way to leverage students' informed socioscientific reasoning. The authors describe a proposed NOT conceptual framework with four dimensions and detailed components, and present an analysis of students' reasoning of various socioscientific issues using this framework. Finally, the authors present the finding that NOT components were present in student discussions with varying levels of understanding. The SSR analysis reveals that students with NOT informed understanding can appreciate the integrated characteristics of technology, so as to make sophisticated decisions about science and technology that will change society in fundamental ways, for both better and worse.

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