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This chapter was first published in JASTE 2.1 2010 as a review of recent work in neo-liberalism and science education as they relate to critical social analysis. At the time I took the position that under neo-liberalism, education in general and science, technology, engineering and math in education in particular press the energies of teachers toward the production of workers, the everyday tools for the expansion of empires, a police state and war machine. A radical departure from the stricture of academic journal writing I wrote the paper to reflect my critical voice as I consider alternative pedagogies for the development of STEM education. A fusion of narrative inquiry, critical social theory and free writing, this chapter provides an update and revision of the original paper.
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Rodriguez, A. (2014). A Critical Pedagogy for STEM Education. In: Bencze, J., Alsop, S. (eds) Activist Science and Technology Education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4360-1_4
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