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- Title
Emile's inquiry-based science education.
- Authors
Dimopoulou, Georgia; Gasparatou, Renia
- Abstract
Over the past decades, science education researchers have suggested Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) teaching interventions for science classes. In this article, we argue that IBSE's basic principles can be traced back to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work Emile or On Education (1762). First, we will look at IBSE's rationale. Then we will turn to Emile and outline Rousseau's educational ideas concerning science education. We will show that Rousseau's suggested practices for science education are very similar to those of IBSE. Yet despite their vivid similarities, Rousseau seems to pursue epistemic virtues , whilst IBSE aims at epistemic skills. However, nurturing epistemic skills might be seen as the first step for cultivating an epistemically virtuous character. So, embracing Rousseau's ideal for full character development could further inspire IBSE's proposals.
- Subjects
SCIENCE education; INQUIRY-based learning; EMILE: Or, On Education (Book : Rousseau); ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; PERSONALITY development
- Publication
Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2024, Vol 58, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0309-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jopedu/qhae012