The Place of Ethics in Science Education by Amanda McCrory, M... - 9781350255142

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Place of Ethics in Science EducationImplications for Practice\nAuthor(s): Amanda McCrory, Michael J. Reiss\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350255142, 978-1350255142\nSynopsis\nScience education, particularly school science education, has long had an uneasy relationship with ethics, being unsure whether to embrace ethics or leave it to others. In this book, the authors argue that while the methods of science and of ethics are very different, ethics plays a key role in how science is undertaken and used. And so, ethics has a central place in science education, whether we are talking of school science education, for students of all ages, or the informal science education that takes place in through internet, books, magazines, TV and radio, or in places such as hospitals and zoos.\n\nWritten for science educators based in schools and elsewhere, the authors make no assumptions that the reader has any .