Science education, like scientific practice, is primarily focused on competitiveness, where “superstars” are rewarded, and students who are not “good enough” get “weeded out”. But as global social and environmental problems grow ever more intractable, we need future generations of scientists to work from a different framework, one that is based on authentic, equitable collaboration and focused on the collective global good. The purpose of this session is to explore the powerful opportunities that intersections of Open Education, critically evaluated Open Science, and other calls for science education reform- such as the Decolonizing Science movement and science education for sustainability- can bring to the transformation of science pedagogy so that it can not only be more effective for students to learn science, but can support a new generation of scientists that can advance us towards a more equitable, sustainable, benevolent and creative future.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Learn about the intersections of various science education reform movements, open science, and open education
- Explore ways that open education might help to transform science education so that prepares students to build a more sustainable and socially just world
- Grapple with the complexities of both the benefits of open science, and its pitfalls, especially how it might exacerbate current systemic inequities- and how to leverage open pedagogy in order to teach all of this to our science students.
- Engage with a community of science educators in open, and others interested in science education reform.
- Learn about others that are working towards socially just, inclusive and open STEM education
