Assessment of the science education field and research strategies for convergence

• Main Authors: Marín Martínez, Nicolás, Cárdenas Salgado, Fidel Antonio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Cádiz 2012-09-01
• Series: Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias
• Subjects: didáctica de las ciencias; evaluación del ámbito de la educación en ciencias y de su comunidad; métodos de convergencia; science education; assessment of the science education field; assessment of the science education community; convergence processes in science education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10498/14862

This article analyses the field of Science Education, its academic community and its theoretical background in order to draw a picture of this field that is far from the scientific domains. Although the current state of the science education development and the nature of its own contents prevent the use of knowledge validation procedures, convergence and consensus, just as is done in the field of science, it is still possible to apply convergence strategies to some of their contents. After proposing four of these strategies, their chances to be applied in Sciences Education are discussed.