FACTS: An STS Tool for the Evaluation of Processes and Products in Science Education

Authors

  • Denise de Freitas UFSCar
  • Mariana dos Santos UFSCar
  • Alice Helena Campos Pierson UFSCar
  • Genina Genina Calafell UB

Keywords:

STS studies, STS formative assessment, critical science education

Abstract

This article presents FACTS, an STS tool that aims to evaluate practices, teaching materials and educational processes in basic education and science teacher training, based on a critical and reflective scientific education perspective. This tool is the result of an investigation supported by the frameworks of STSE studies and the Complexity Paradigm, and its design is based on the Delphi Method. This study had the participation of 37 researchers in the area of science education from Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia) and Europe (Portugal and Spain). The group contributed essential aspects to favor a critical scientific education and characterize it in relation to its assumptions, problems, contributions and challenges. Based on their positions, it was possible to build an evaluation instrument that allows to make diagnoses and more appropriate decisions in the teaching and learning of science. The FACTS rubric format allows to evaluate science education programs using qualitative or quantitative descriptors. It is intended to analyze and guide critical science education in the context of policies and educational programs.

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Author Biographies

Denise de Freitas, UFSCar

Senior professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil.

Mariana dos Santos, UFSCar

Professor at the Department of Teaching Methodology of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil.

Alice Helena Campos Pierson, UFSCar

Professor at the Department of Teaching Methodology of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil.

Genina Genina Calafell, UB

Professor at the University of Barcelona (UB), Spain.

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Published

2022-11-25

How to Cite

de Freitas, D., dos Santos, M., Pierson, A. H. C., & Genina Calafell, G. (2022). FACTS: An STS Tool for the Evaluation of Processes and Products in Science Education. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 17(51), 179–202. Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/325

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 51 (2022)

Section

Dossier

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