dc.contributor.advisor | Ivey, Toni Ann | |
dc.contributor.author | Colston, Nicole Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-17T20:05:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-17T20:05:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/14777 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation reports research about the translation of climate change in science education. Public controversies about climate change education raises questions about the lived experiences of teachers in Oklahoma and the role of science education in increasing public understanding. A mixed methods research design included rhetorical analysis of climate change denial media, key informant interviews with science education stakeholders, and a survey questionnaire of secondary science teachers. Final analysis was further informed by archival research and supplemented by participant observation in state-wide meetings and science teacher workshops. The results are organized into three distinct manuscripts intended for publication across the fields of communication, science education, and climate science. As a whole the dissertation answers the research question, how does manufactured scientific controversy about climate change present specific challenges and characterize negotiations in secondary science education in Oklahoma? Taken together, the findings suggest that manufactured controversy about climate change introduces a logic of non-problematicity, challenges science education policy making, and undermines scientific consensus about global warming. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.language | en_US | |
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dc.title | Tracing the flow: Climate change actor-networks in Oklahoma secondary science education | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Vadjunec, Jacqueline M. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cordova, Carlos E. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Thomas, Julie | |
osu.filename | Colston_okstate_0664D_13311.pdf | |
osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
dc.type.material | Text | |
dc.subject.keywords | actor-network theory | |
dc.subject.keywords | climate change education | |
dc.subject.keywords | climate change skepticism | |
dc.subject.keywords | critical political ecology | |
dc.subject.keywords | manufactured controversy | |
dc.subject.keywords | science education policy | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Environmental Science | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Oklahoma State University | |