Clare Christensen
Risk and school science education
Griffith University
paper consider role risk understanding school science educationgrounds described terms current sociological analyses contemporary world risk society recent public understanding science studies science risk concerns commonly linked within wider communitythese concerns connect support amongst many science educators goal science education citizenshipfrom perspective scientific literacy decision making contemporary socioscientific issues centrali argue decision making risk understanding important role playi examine challenges inclusion school science presents science teachers review previous writing risk science education literature consider knowledge risk might addressed school sciencei also outline varying conceptions risk suggest future research directions would support inclusion risk classroom discussions socioscientific issues risk school science educationscience long presented highly reliable certain body knowledge capacity provide explanations phenomena solve practical problemsrecent social theorists beck giddens however argued alongside solutions problems science