Science, democracy, and curriculum studies / John A. Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, John A., 1964- author.

Series:

Critical studies of education ; v. 8.

Critical studies of education ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 198 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with a focus on the history of rhetoric and economics then on the rhetoric of models, statistics, and data, a critique of neoliberalism and its impact on science policy and the foundations of democracy, Harry Collin's and Robert Evans' theory of expertise followed by chapters on feminism with a focus on the work of Sharon Traweek, Karen Barad, and Vinciane Despret, postcolonial thought, with attention paid to the work of Daniela Bleichmar, Londa Schiebinger, Judith Carney, Sylvia Wynter, Paul Gilroy, and Sandra Harding, and a final chapter on Nietzsche's philosophy of science. Each section is introduced by an interlude drawing on autobiographical connections between curriculum studies and science studies.

Contents:

Science, democracy, and curriculum studies: why (not) science matters?

From Kuhn to the economics of science: curriculum studies and science studies

Part I. Interlude one: the fault of Noreen Garman

Homo economicus, rhetoric, and curriculum studies

Observing economics: the rhetoric of data, models, and statistics

Part II. Interlude two: (still) mourning Joe

The economics of science, neoliberal thought, and the loss of democracy

Part III. Interlude three: ghosts in the resistance and bones in the soil

(Post)colonial science

Working our way back: colonial science in light of postcolonial thought

Part IV. Interlude four: getting lost and finding Mary

Of hierarchies, cultures of no culture, ontology, protocols, and anecdotes: (re-writing) women and science

Part V. Interlude five. Dear David: an open letter to a science educator

Nietzsche's science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319938398

9783319938394

OCLC:

1035510753