Book Review:Democratic Education for Social Studies: An Issues-Centered Decision Making Curriculumby Anna S. Ochoa-Becker

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
Leisa A. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Studies

Decision Making in Social Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
William B. Russell ◽  
Stewart Waters
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Studies

scholarly journals Models at Work—Models in Decision Making

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Svetlova ◽  
Vanessa Dirksen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practice Turn ◽  
Productive Role ◽  
Oriented Research

In recent years, research on modeling in both the philosophy of science and the social studies of science and technology has undergone an acute transformation. Philosophers and social scientists have begun to realize that science, in the words of Carrier and Nordmann, has increasingly shifted its focus from “epistemic or truth-oriented” research to “application-dominated” research. “Science is viewed today as an essentially practical endeavor” (Carrier and Nordmann 2011, 1) and should be considered in the context of its application. In accordance with this re-orienting of science, research on modeling has also changed. Still considering models as genuinely scientific tools, philosophers and social scientists promoted the “practice turn” that suggests a sharper focus on pragmatic issues and the performative and productive role of modeling. Application of models for the resolution of practice-related problems is viewed as an extension of science.

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