The Essential Tension

Kuhn, Thomas S.; Epstein, Joseph A.

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“…In fact Kuhn's other, neglected, sense of `paradigm' is equally important here: `exemplar' paradigms are concrete instances of exemplary practice, which embody ideas that can be recognized but are not easily or satisfactorily formalizable, including ways of `seeing' situations or of deciding which formalizations should be applied and how. The meaning of exemplars is notably open-textured and open to evolution (Kuhn, 1977). Exemplar is not only the older meaning, but not prone to the potential danger with the other sense (i.e.…”

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Analysing Policy Arguments

Gasper

1996

Eur J Dev Res

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The complexity and distinctiveness of policy discourse bring a need for methods and advice in both specifying and assessing policy arguments. The paper reviews, links and systematizes work in three areas: (1) general advice from `informal logic' on the exploration and analysis of sets of propositions that make up broad arguments; (2) commentaries on important elements and tactics in policy argumentation in particular, with special attention to aspects of `framing'; and (3) proposed methods to specify and appraise whole positions in policy argument, including the `logical framework approach' and Fischer's `Logic of Policy Questions'.

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Analysing Policy Arguments

Gasper

1996

Eur J Dev Res

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“…En la primera línea de valores, Kuhn (1977) distinguió cinco características episté-micas de gran importancia que debían caracterizar a la ciencia: precisión, coherencia (no entrar en contradicciones teóricas), amplitud de alcance, simplicidad (permitir ser representada por modelos) y fecundidad (dar pie a nuevas investigaciones). Mientras que en la segunda línea, el enfoque externo ayudó a identificar la relación de la ciencia con la sociedad, vinculando el análisis de las instituciones científicas a la historia, la cultura y a diversos valores ajenos a lo estrictamente metódico y más cercanos a lo social.…”

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Diálogo, Ecos Y Recovecos: La Comunicación Científica en El Ámbito Académico

Vargas¹,

Álvarez²,

Montenegro³

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El presente artículo constituye una reflexión teórica en torno a las características y la importancia de los procesos de comunicación científica, dentro del mundo académico. La comunicación de la ciencia es un proceso que los y las investigadores(as) utilizan para dar a conocer sus hallazgos, lo cual se dirige a pares académicos o públicos especializados, o a públicos más amplios y heterogéneos. La comunicación de la ciencia puede llevarse a cabo de manera directa, a cargo de quien investiga o bien, por mediación de profesionales en comunicación, quienes hacen llegar al gran público, el conocimiento que se genera en las esferas académicas. Comprender el engranaje del proceso de comunicar la ciencia es fundamental para crear estrategias efectivas que permitan su desarrollo y visualización como un objetivo propio del proceso de investigación científica.

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“…All of these behaviors, traits, attitudes, values and responsibilities must be learned and learned earlier rather than later. Science is and has been a proponent of a unifying (civic) identity and common core culture since the Ancient Greeks [25] and, in today's society, it is probably one of if not the major vehicle by which students encounter and learn all of the points made above.…”

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“…In addition to learning English, the Nation Forging Approach contends that citizens, immigrants or not, need to begin or continue to identify themselves proudly as Americans, a process that is very similar to the process of being inducted into a given scientific discipline and community [24,25] . Pledging allegiance to the US flag, allegiance to this country and other such solidarity indicating behaviors are vitally important in this time of political and social difficulty.…”

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Implementing the Current Science and Citizenship Mandates: A Learning Theory Analysis and Set of Recommendations

Erikson¹,

Carifio²

2009

J. of Social Sciences

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Problem statement:The purpose of this research was to use learning theory to analyze the relationships between current views of citizenship, citizenship education, science and science education to develop a reasonably coherent and integrated view and approach to science and citizenship mandates that can be successfully implemented in our schools. Approach: The three models of citizenship education currently competing for dominance in our schools were: The national forging approach, the global education approach and the deliberative democratic approach. Results: Our conclusion was that it was only the use of the nation forging approach (teaching a common core of foundational knowledge and skills in both citizenship and science education) at the elementary school level that was going to foster and help students develop the cognitive schemas and reasoning skills that are the necessary prerequisites for the Deliberative democracy approach. Conclusion: If and when students do develop the high level of knowledge and reasoning ability required to engage in deliberative democracy approach, possibly at the secondary level of schooling, then the DDA approach will, most definitely, foster and help students develop the common core cultural and deliberative skills and values that will, in turn, then allow the global education approach, with its multicultural (or rather more differentiated, nuanced and subtle if fuzzy) views, to be pursued at the post-secondary level, producing informed and deliberative citizens for this country and the world. The implications of these analyses, findings and conclusions were discussed.

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The Essential Tension

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Analysing Policy Arguments

Analysing Policy Arguments

Diálogo, Ecos Y Recovecos: La Comunicación Científica en El Ámbito Académico

Implementing the Current Science and Citizenship Mandates: A Learning Theory Analysis and Set of Recommendations

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