NDLI: Othering Processes and STS Curricula: From Nineteenth Century Scientific Discourse on Interracial Competition and Racial Extinction to Othering in Biomedical Technosciences

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Author	Arteaga, Juan Manuel Sánchez El Hani, Charbel N.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper analyzes the debates on “interracial competition” and “racial extinction” in the biological discourse on human evolution during the second half of the nineteenth century. Our intention is to discuss the ideological function of these biological concepts as tools for the naturalization and scientific legitimation of racial hierarchies during that period. We argue that the examination of these scientific discussions about race from a historical perspective can play the role of a critical platform for students and teachers to think about the role of science in current othering processes, such as those related to biomedical technosciences. If they learn how biological ideas played an ideological function concerning interracial relationships in the past, they can be compelled to ask which ideological functions the biological knowledge they are teaching and learning might play now. If this is properly balanced, they can eventually both value scientific knowledge for its contributions and have a critical appraisal of some of its implications. We propose, here, a number of initial design principles for the construction of teaching sequences about scientific racism and science-technology-society relationships, yet to be empirically tested by iterative cycles of implementation in basic education and teacher education classrooms.
Starting Page	607
Ending Page	629
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09267220
Journal	Science & Education
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15731901
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-08-24
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Philosophy of Science Interdisciplinary Studies Science Education History
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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