Integrating Science-Society Dialogue Topics in Science Education
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https://doi.org/10.25767/se.v31i1.29830Keywords:
Higher education, Science education, Life sciencesAbstract
The article addresses the opportunity of integrating topics related to the science-society dialogue in an educational context, more specifically, in undergraduate scientific training or in initiatives in a university context aimed at secondary school students. Drawing from examples and experiences in the field of life sciences and biomedicine, the relevance of integrating these kinds of topics in formal education, thus contributing to the formation of critical citizens and socially committed scientists, is discussed. In a sense, raising awareness of the importance of this type of dialogue is framed in a present way of thinking, producing and sharing science.
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