UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, delivered a keynote presentation at the International Science Education Conference in Singapore on June 25.
Weeth Feinstein’s research focuses on how people make sense of science in their personal, social, and political lives. His presentation, titled “Science education and the richness of human social life,” discussed common responses to scientific misinformation in the post-truth era, and how they are “built on misunderstandings about the social and institutional nature of scientific work and the social conditions under which non-scientists make sense of science.”
Weeth Feinstein further explored “how understanding the richly social nature of scientific work — and human life more generally — might help us develop science education strategies that support the fruitful integration of science into complex and plural societies.”
Weeth Feinstein also led a post-conference workshop focusing on the implications of his research for teaching, which was attended by participants from India, China, Japan, and the Philippines, as well as the host country of Singapore.
Learn more about Weeth Feinstein’s keynote presentation and workshop.