{"id":100,"date":"2006-10-24T00:41:46","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T22:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kris.constantvzw.org\/?p=100"},"modified":"2006-10-24T23:47:31","modified_gmt":"2006-10-24T21:47:31","slug":"the-subculture-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kris.constantvzw.org\/the-subculture-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The subculture of science"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the other hand, border crossings can be problematic. For instance, the border crossing between humanistic and scientific subcultures has been a concern to science educators ever since C.P. Snow (1964) wrote The Two Cultures. Moreover, research into the difficulties of non-Western students learning Western science has identified obstacles experienced by students who have an indigenous “traditional” background and attempt to learn a subject matter grounded in Western culture (Baker and Taylor, 1995; Dart, 1972; Jegede, 1994; Jegede and Okebukola, 1990, 1991; Knamiller, 1984; MacIvor, 1995; Ogawa, 1986, 1995; Pomeroy, 1994; Swift, 1992). This research on students in non-Western countries can help Western science educators understand how their own students need to cross borders; for instance, from a humanities oriented life-world to the science-world of school science.<\/p>\n