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Imagine a scientist! The bold spectacled man (yes, of course it’s a man) – his forehead frowned and the white stained lab coat as a protecting shield – is shrouded in mystery and enigma. The lab coat scientist is the ultimate image of “ideal” science where knowledge is unproblematically accumulated through examining the natural world. A symbol that serves as an archetype for the construction of a school science culture where black is black, white is white and shades of grey refers to nothing but a poorly written book. School science culture, as it is commonly described, has its foundations in ready-made facts and “the scientific method.” It seeks to provide insights into a canon of essential scientific phenomena and enculture students through pre-professional science training. Such culture takes on Thomas Kuhn’s (2012) “normal science” through “normal science teaching.”
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Leden, L., Wiblom, J. (2018). In-Between Chapter: The Culture of School Science Inquiry Put Under the Microscope. In: Otrel-Cass, K., Sillasen, M., Orlander, A. (eds) Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives in Science Education . Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61191-4_3
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