{"product_id":"9783031838392","title":"Building Networks for Critical and Altruistic Science Education Seeking Ubiquitous Social Justice and Environmental Vitality","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBuilding Networks for Critical and Altruistic Science Education\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSeeking Ubiquitous Social Justice and Environmental Vitality\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Lawrence Bencze\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Study \u0026amp; Teaching\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume provides theory-based accounts, often with practical examples, of how educators from various jurisdictions in elementary, secondary, and tertiary formal education contexts, as well as community-based situations, have helped students critically evaluate the relationships among science, technology (STEM), society, and the environment. The goal is to develop and implement personal and sociopolitical actions to address concerns. Collectively, the perspectives and examples in the chapters form an expanding Foucauldian dispositif countering hegemonic mechanisms that favor a few elites at the expense of the wellbeing of most other living and nonliving things. Many accounts draw on the STEPWISE project, illustrating how (a)biotic and symbolic actants have been progressively assembled to promote more critical and altruistic citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Lawrence (Larry) Bencze (PhD, MSc, BSc, BEd) is an Associate Professor Emeritus in Science Education at the University of Toronto, Canada (1998-present). Prior to this role, he worked for fifteen years as a science teacher and as a science education consultant in Ontario, Canada. His research programme emphasizes critical analyses — drawing on history, philosophy, sociology, etc. — of science and technology, explicit teaching about problematic power relations and student-led research-informed and negotiated socio-political actions to address personal, social and environmental harms associated with fields of science and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031838392\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e592\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51029335900300,"sku":"9783031838392","price":224.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031838392.jpg?v=1782445309","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031838392","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}