Critical thinking in biology and environmental education : facing challenges in a post-truth world / Blanca Puig, María Pilar Jiménez-Aleixandre, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Puig, Blanca, editor.

Aleixandre, Marilar, 1947- editor.

Series:

Contributions from biology education research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Study and teaching.

Biology.

Environmental sciences--Study and teaching.

Environmental sciences.

Critical thinking.

Reasoning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

"This volume seeks to broaden current ideas about the role of critical thinking (CT) in biology and environmental education considering educational challenges in the post-truth era. The chapters are distributed into three sections, perspectives of a theoretical character (part I), empirical research about CT in the context of biology and health education (part II), and empirical research on CT in the context of environmental and sustainability education (part III). The volume includes studies reporting students' engagement in the practice of critical thinking, and displays how CT can be integrated in biology and environmental education and why biology and environmental issues are privileged contexts for the development of CT. The chapters examine a range of dimensions of CT, such as skills, dispositions, emotions, agency, open-mindedness, or personal epistemologies. In addition, they explore topics such as climate change, sustainable diets, genetically modified food, vaccination, acceptance of evolution, homeopathy, and gene cloning. Concluding remarks regarding the connections between the chapters and future directions for the integration of critical thinking in biology and environmental education are presented in a final chapter."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part I. Perspectives on Critical Thinking

1. Educating critical citizens to face post-truth: the time is now

2. Critical thinking in the flesh: movement and metaphors in a world in flux

3. Emotional sense-making and critical thinking in the era of post-truth: The case of climate change

4. Culturally relevant science education and critical thinking in Indigenous groups: bridging the gap between community and school science

Part II. Research about Critical Thinking in Biology and Health Education

5. The role of evidence evaluation in critical thinking

6. Supporting critical thinking through engagement in dialogic argumentation: The case of discussing genetically modified food

7. Critical thinking to decide what to believe and what to do regarding vaccination in schools. A case study with primary pre-service teachers

8. Students' thinking strategies and the role of arguments as a shared thinking tool

9. Fostering critical thinking about health issues. Facts of success and failure in the case of homeopathy

Part III. Research about Critical Thinking in Environmental and Sustainability Education

10. Teaching science in environmentally degraded areas: An analysis from critical and ecofeminist perspective

11. Spatial and temporal dynamics in climate change education discourse: An ecolinguistic perspective

12. Social responsibility and critical disposition for considering and acting upon conflicting evidence in argumentation about sustainable diets

13. Epistemic beliefs as a means of understanding critical thinking in a socioscientific environmental debate

14. Primary school teachers understanding of critical thinking in the context of education for sustainable development

Part IV. Concluding Remarks

15. The integration of critical thinking in biology and environmental education. Contributions and further directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Critical thinking in biology and environmental education.

ISBN:

9783030920067

3030920062

OCLC:

1301453273

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