A SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO SCIENCE EDUCATION

Abstract

I present a sociocultural approach to research and science education that incorporates a recursive relationship between transformation and theory, acknowledges the strengths of subjectivity, and regards difference as a resource for learning. The methodology incorporates hermeneutic-phenomenology, reflexive inquiry, and event-oriented inquiry. Research on emotions contextualizes methodologies for multidisciplinary and multi-level research. Finally, a new journal that was developed as a home for cultural studies of science education is described along with the processes used in manuscript review and publication.

Keywords

• Sociocultural Theory
• Science Education
• Research Methodology
• Interventions
• Mindfulness
• Meditation