A Values Framework for Teaching Global Science

Authors

William W. Cobern, Western Michigan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Version

publisher_pdf

Publication Date

12-1988

Abstract

Science educators are beginning to include the issues of global resources and environment in secondary science curricula, specifically the "science, technology and society" curricula (STS). The author argues that STS education may legitimately be influenced from a biblical perspective by introducing the subject of values. One way of accomplishing this is to use a values framework which subsumes the conceptual themes of the STS curriculum. For example, the themes of conviction, mutuality, orderliness and finitude can be subsumed by the values of self-benefit, the common good, and restoration-conservation.

Comments

SLCSP Paper # 85

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

Cobern, William W., "A Values Framework for Teaching Global Science" (1988). Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/science_slcsp/4

Published Citation

Cobern, William W. "A Values Framework for Teaching Global Science." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 40 (1988): 204-209. Electronic.