Abstract:

Socio-scientific issues (SSI) that play a role in the development of twenty-first-century skills are directly included in the renewed science curriculum and science teacher training program in Turkey. In terms of the potential contribution of SSI integration to the development of science literacy and high-level knowledge and skills in education, the book titled “Socio-Scientific Issues from Theory to Practice” was reviewed in this study. This academic book prepared under the editorship of Assoc. Prof. Murat Genç and published in print and as an e-book consists of xviii+422 pages and 16 chapters. The target audience of the book consists of teachers, prospective and pre-service teachers, academicians and researchers in the field of science teaching. The chapter contents of the book have been structured by 20 researchers who are experts in their field. This book provides the reader with opportunities of supporting, experiencing science education and providing with a new point of view in the context of SSI with examples and recommendations. It provides not only obtaining theoretical scientific knowledge but also implementing it. In the new publication of the book, it can be suggested that the book may be enriched by adding new chapter titles in the scope of pedagogical content knowledge towards SSI teaching for different disciplines and different education levels.

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