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STEPWISE as a Vehicle for Scientific and Political Educ-action?

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Science and Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals, Societies and Environments

Part of the book series: Cultural Studies of Science Education ((CSSE,volume 14))

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An activist orientation, as it is understood in the ‘STEPWISE’ approach, reveals the limitations of the current society (e.g., world ultraliberalism, capitalism, consumerism). We discuss here STEPWISE foundations for the emancipation of individuals and/or communities. STEPWISE promotes scientific education for students in postures of actors and researchers. Like the Socially Acute Questions (SAQ) approach, in which we identify similarities with the STEPWISE approach, an educational triple orientation is followed: scientific, social and political education.

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    http://www.stepwiser.ca

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    The word gyrovague, (from Late Latin gyrovagus, from Latin gyro- gyr- + vagus wandering) originally refers to a wandering and usually dissolute monk of the early church. Chevallard, 2014, p. 40.

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    Also see Chap. 22, this volume, for more information about the SSIBL framework.

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Simonneaux, L., Simonneaux, J. (2017). STEPWISE as a Vehicle for Scientific and Political Educ-action?. In: Bencze, L. (eds) Science and Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals, Societies and Environments. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55505-8_27

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