APPROXIMATION BETWEEN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUGH LACEY AND THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

ABSTRACT:

This article aims to establish a dialogue between the educational field in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and the philosophy of Hugh Lacey, which shows the role played by values in current technoscientific research, giving a new look to the STS mutual relationship. Thus, inspired by Discursive Textual Analysis, we approximate the categories of Lacey with the STS approach, wich resulted in the following approximations: (1) the intelligibility of the values makes it possible to i) discuss the complexity of the STS relations and, thus, ii ) allows overcoming distorted beliefs; (2) the authentic development proposed by Lacey approaches the Latin American Thought in STS due to (i) endorsing public participation in the choice of strategies and (ii) the need to turn to local context and priorities; (3) Lacey’s epistemology can contribute to the self-knowledge of the teacher, helping him to reflect and achieve his educational goals.

Keywords:
STS Education; Lacey’s philosophy; Teacher training