The approach of experimental research in science education. Contributions from the interdisciplinary research

CAMBRA BADII, IRENE; MICHEL FARIÑA, JUAN JORGE; LORENZO MARÍA GABRIELA

Research, practice and collaboration in science education

ESERA

Lugar: DUBLIN; Año: 2018; p. 804 - 814

The diseases, the need for new materials and the lack of renewable resources are some of the issues that humankind has always had to deal with. Hence, science has offered some solutions to them. Although a positive connotation has been attributed to these scientific advancements, the research methods and strategies that specialists employed in order to reach the knowledge at would solve these problems have been called into question. Specifically, experimentalresearch carried out in the field of health science uses animal experimentation for their scientific and teaching endeavours. Throughout the centuries, the stance taken towards this matter, not only by our society but also by the scientific community itself, has evolved significantly. Nowadays, for instance, the respect for life has become a guiding principle in all fields. Adopting this new perspective challenges the relationship between the notions of research, experimentation and results, all of which combined in this context have the goal of improving people?s quality of life. Therefore, we wonder whether science education itself is inseparable from the dilemmas that arise from these bioethical problems. Our presentation illustrates a way of teaching science that takes into account the bioethical problems that stem from research carried out with living subjects, taking the findings of our field work as a startingpoint.https://www.esera.org/publications/esera-conference-proceedings/esera-2017