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Title: Phronetic Science

Phronetic Science

Morally Guided and Praxis-oriented Science Education

by Rouhollah Aghasaleh (Volume editor) Sara Tolbert (Volume editor) Kathryn Scantlebury (Volume editor) Bhaskar Upadhyay (Volume editor)
©2026 Textbook X, 176 Pages
Education
Series: Bios-Mythois, Volume 3

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Summary

The 21st century has exposed the limitations of Modernist dualist logic in addressing the complexities of contemporary life. Entities like COVID-19 and the environmental crisis exemplify "dualism-busting assemblages of the Capitalocene," presenting humanity with wicked problems that defy traditional ontologies. In this context, phronetic science—rooted in practical wisdom and morally guided praxis—offers an alternative approach to navigating equivocal circumstances for the common good. Western Modern Science has long dominated curriculum, teaching, and research, yet emergent science education scholars must now grapple with issues of equity, identity, and justice. This requires engaging with critical, feminist, Indigenous, decolonial, post-humanist, and other transformative perspectives. These alternative epistemologies and ontologies challenge hegemonic paradigms, urging new ways of conceptualizing research in science teaching and learning that are more inclusive, ethical, and responsive to the diverse realities of our interconnected world.

Details

Pages
X, 176
Publication Year
2026
ISBN (Softcover)
9781636670591
Language
English
Keywords
phronetic science poststructuralism ethics science education critical pedagogy equity social justice feminist theory Indigenous knowledge decolonial studies post-humanism ontology epistemology new materialism praxis sustainability Capitalocene Anthropocene
Published
New York, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, Oxford, 2026. X, 176 pp., 9 b/w ill., 5 color ill., 9 tables.
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Biographical notes

Rouhollah Aghasaleh (Volume editor) Sara Tolbert (Volume editor) Kathryn Scantlebury (Volume editor) Bhaskar Upadhyay (Volume editor)

Rouhollah Aghasaleh, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Education at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Sara Tolbert is Professor of Science and Environmental Education at Monash University, where she co-directs the Science Education in the Anthropocene Impact Lab (SEALab) and leads the Science Education Research Group (SERG). She holds an honorary professorship at the University of Canterbury in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kathryn Scantlebury is Professor Emerita from the University of Delaware, a guest researcher at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, Sweden, and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Bhaskar Upadhyay is Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.

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