Faculty of Education

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Research group

Spanish

Cultural Studies on Science and its Teaching ECCE

Academic Unit: Faculty of Education

Colombian Ministry of Science

B

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Social sciences

Subarea

Educational sciences

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Strategic Focus

To generate new knowledge in the field of Science Education through theoretical and applied research, taking the historical, philosophical, and sociological studies of sciences as theoretical reference. To contribute through research and undergraduate and postgraduate training to the consolidation of an academic community that assumes the problems of Science Education as an object of analysis, reflection, and innovation from a cultural perspective.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Epistemology, history, and teaching sciences
Language, argumentation, and science education
History of sciences as a cultural practice: Construction of cultural identities

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Ángel Enrique Romero Chacón, PhD

MSc in Education in Natural Sciences
PhD in Education
Universidad de Antioquia – Colombia

Coordinator's Email

angel.romero@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

mailto:grupo.ecce@gmail.com

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Education in Experimental Sciences and Mathematics Group — GECEM (UdeA)
Science, Education and Diversity Research Group (UniValle)
Critical Historical Studies Group (UPN)

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Universidad del Valle

Highlighted Projects

Towards a sociocultural approach of science teaching. Contributions of scientific training to the culture of peace — Paz-Ciencias (CODI, UdeA)
Experimentation and training processes of natural science teachers (CODI, UdeA; UniValle)
Argumentation in science class and its contribution to the construction of civility (COLCIENCIAS; UdeA)
Experimentation and development of physical thinking. A historical and epistemological analysis with didactic purposes (CODI, UdeA)

Key Research Findings

Training of more than 20 master’s students in the Science Education area and a doctor in education on the natural sciences line

Publication of books derived from research:

La experimentación en la clase de ciencias. Aportes para una enseñanza de las ciencias contextualizada con reflexiones metacientíficas. (Experimentation in science class. Contributions for a contextualized teaching of sciences with metascientific reflections.) Medellín: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia
La experimentación y el desarrollo del pensamiento físico. Un análisis histórico y epistemológico con fines didácticos. (Experimentation and development of physical thinking. A historical and epistemological analysis with didactic purposes.) Medellín: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia
La argumentación en la clase de ciencias. Aportes para una educación en y para la civilidad fundamentada en reflexiones acerca de la naturaleza de las ciencias. (Argumentation in science class. Contributions to an education in and of civility based on reflections on the nature of science.) Universidad de Antioquia, Editorial Artes y Letras S.A.S.

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Expert advice on research projects of the area of education in natural sciences
Expert advice on educational projects in the area of natural sciences
Conferences on teaching sciences to institutions and academic groups - Design and implementation of Seminars-Workshops on teaching natural sciences - Training of teachers in natural sciences
Design and execution of diploma courses and research seminars in the area of education in natural sciences addressed to teachers and the general public