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| Unit name |
Interdisciplinary Studies of Science |
| Unit code |
EDUCM0010 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Erduran |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
EDUCM5502 Understanding Educational Research |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
School of Education |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
To familiarize participants with a range of perspectives on science including philosophy, sociology, history and psychology of science;
- To develop a critical understanding of how interdisciplinary perspectives can contribute to the characterisation of science including their applications in education;
- To provide opportunities for cross- and inter-disciplinary collaboration with a focus on science studies.
Students will apply these aims in the particular context of their own discipline.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Module-specific skills:
- Introductory knowledge of the field of Science Studies and implications for education
- Understand how science can be described from a range of disciplinary perspectives
- Develop skills in analysis and synthesis of ideas based on interdisciplinary perspectives
Discipline-specific skills:
- Critically engage with the strengths and limitations of interdisciplinary research
- Develop knowledge of recent debates on the nature of science
- Understand domain-specific characterisations of different fields of scientific inquiry
Personal and key skills:
- Critical analysis
- Skills for debating
- Persuasive writing
- Collaborative inquiries
- Presentation skills
Teaching Information
Lectures/presentations, seminars, group work, VLE
Assessment Information
Formative: Group presentations (15 minutes) and a debate (15 minutes)
Summative: paper (2,000 words)
Reading and References
- Croissant, W. Bauchspies and S. Restivo, Science, Technology and Society: A Sociological Approach (Blackwell, 2005)
- Latour, B., and S. Woolgar.( 1986) Laboratory Life. Princeton: Princeton University Press,
- Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as social knowledge. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
- Knorr-Cetina, Karin. (1999). Epistemic cultures. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Restivo, S. (1993) Science, society, and Values: Toward a Sociology of Objectivity. Lehigh,
- Shapin, Steve. (1996) The Scientific Revolution. Chicago,
