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The spiral of science (mis)education, Parker’s “multiple influences,” and missed opportunities

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In this reflection on Carolyn Parker’s article, I connect to my own professional work at the intersection of Latino education and science education as well as to my own personal interest in liberation theology. I use constructs central to liberation theology to indicate what a liberationist science might look like and push us, in doing so, to put learning, not teaching, at the center of our efforts.

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Lead editors: K. Scantlebury and A. Hussénius

This is a Forum response paper to C. Parker (2013). Multiple influences: Latinas, middle-level science, and school.

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Richardson Bruna, K. The spiral of science (mis)education, Parker’s “multiple influences,” and missed opportunities. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 9, 335–342 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-013-9506-7

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