Science and the ideals of liberal education
Carson R.N.
1997
Science and Education
14
10.1023/A:1008656227615
This article examines the influence of mathematics and science on the formation of culture. It then examines several definitions of liberal education, including the notion that languages and fields of study constitute the substrate of articulate intelligence. Finally, it examines the linkages between science, scientific culture, liberal education, and democracy, and proposes that science cannot be taught merely as a body of facts and theories, but must be presented to students as integral with cultural studies. The use of a contextualist approach to science education is recommended. © 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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