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Collaborating on global priorities: science education for everyone—any time and everywhere

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Building on the key ideas from Dana Zeidler’s paper I expand the conversation from the standpoint that the challenges facing humanity and the capacity of Earth to support life suggest that changes in human lifestyles are a priority. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to educate all humans about some of the science-related grand challenges, such as global warming and wellness. The key is to enact programs that have relevance to all citizens, irrespective of: age, location, language proficiency, economic resources, religion, gender, sexual preference, and level of prior education. Since significant changes are needed in human lifestyles the current emphasis on preK-12 science education needs to be expanded to cover all humans and the places in which education occurs should be everywhere. I explore the use of a multilogical framework to conceptualize science and thereby transform science education in ways that better relate to priorities of wellness and harmony in the ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. I illustrate the potential of multilogicality in a context of complementary medicine, using three frameworks: Jin Shin Jyutsu, an ancient system of medicine; a diet to reduce inflammation; and iridology. Use of a multilogical framework to conceptualize science provides opportunities for science education to focus on education for literate citizenry (birth–death) and responsible action, connect to the massive challenges of the present, and select content that has high relevance to sustainability, wellness, and well-being at local, national, and global levels.

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Lead Editors: L.D. Dierking and J.H. Falk.

Forum: This review essay addresses Dana L. Zeidler’s paper entitled: STEM education: A deficit framework for the twenty first century? A sociocultural socioscientific response. doi:10.1007/s11422-014-9578-z.

L.D. Dierking and J.H. Falk Editors for Special Issue, 2020 Vision: Envisioning a New Generation of STEM Learning Research.

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Tobin, K. Collaborating on global priorities: science education for everyone—any time and everywhere. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 11, 27–40 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-015-9708-2

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