Controversies about global warming and responsible act: a bakhtinian category to help think socio-scientific issues in science classes
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1982-5153.2019v12n1p181Abstract
This paper aims to identify preponderant elements and dimensions in the discursive movements of teachers and students of the first year of high school, in making theoretical judgments, acting responsibly or "trying to escape" their responsibilities in the face of current controversies about global warming. Elements of moral philosophy and Mikhail Bakhtin's Theory of Enunciation were used by analyzing strings of statements in two cut-out episodes of a didactic sequence of ten lessons on the subject. Comprehensions in various rhythms and accentuations have been flagged, theoretical certainties and doubts as not linearly correlated to responsible action, and "being only one in the crowd" as the primary alibi of escape from such responsibility. Finally, we discuss the implication of rethinking criticality and decision-making as learning goals, as well as recommending strategies to ignore responsible acts of students while addressing socio-scientific issues.Downloads
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