Workshop on argumentation development on the socioscientific issue of space colonization

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Published: Sep 17, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.7387
Keywords:
socioscientific issues argumentation space exploration
Vasileios Kathareios
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Apostolia Galani
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Georgios Bampasidis
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Evangelia Mavrikaki
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract

The following workshop proposal suggests an original educational approach to socio-scientific issues (SSI), which are likely to come up in primary or secondary education, according to the Curricula. The activities focus on participants’ engagement with the socioscientific issue of the colonization of space. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to comprehend and apply the methodology of approaching socioscientific issues and argumentation in their teaching, through their familiarization with the different perspectives on the issues of space exploration and space settlement.

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