TITLE:
Disparities in Scientific Literacy: Catch before They Fall
AUTHORS:
Tahmina Hoq, Md. Refayet Hossain
KEYWORDS:
Scientific Literacy, Equity or Equality, Three-Dimensional Model of Social Justice of Nancy Fraser International Commission on the Futures of Education. 2020. Education in a Post-COVID World: Nine Ideas for Public Action. Paris, UNESCO
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.15 No.7,
July
30,
2024
ABSTRACT: The report “International Commission on the Futures of Education. 2020. Education in a post-COVID world: Nine ideas for public action. Paris, UNESCO” is used to explore whether scientific literacy is an equity or equality issues because of gender, race and ethnicity, class structure due to family income, schooling, and economic status. The aim of this study is to understand how scientific literacy continues to be an educational issue and can be challenged by three-dimensional model of social justice of Nancy Fraser. According to this secondary research, a trans and interdisciplinary curriculum can help to challenge systemic injustice and redistributing educational resources to economically disadvantaged school may challenge the issues of maldistribution of school facilities. It is mentioned here that gaps of being scientifically literate among individuals can be mitigated by recognizing individuals’ needs according to gender, race. Representation of the contributing individuals especially from the disenfranchised is necessary to address the issues of inequity for establishing the right to become a scientifically literate person. This study may help the teachers to understand their role in the teaching-learning process as leaders and professionals, the students to be the contributors to society and the policymakers to reshape their policies.