scholarly journals LGBT Issues in Norwegian Textbooks

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
Bjørn Smestad
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Transgendered People ◽  
Lgbt Issues ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Lower Secondary Education

In Norway, a model for schools’ teaching about LGBT issues is chosen where the responsibility is divided between different school subjects: social science, natural science, RLE2 (religion, philosophies of life and ethics), Norwegian and English. This article looks at how this is implemented in the textbooks. 129 text-books in Norwegian primary and lower secondary education (grades 1–10) are analysed. Of these, 246 textbook pages included LGBT issues. In this article, I discuss how LGBT issues are included in Norwegian textbooks and how the divided responsibility between school subjects work. The most striking finding is that of the five subjects, English and Norwegian have the least demanding curriculum goals, but still the largest number of pages related to LGBT issues. The inclusion of fictional voices makes possible a nomadic perspective (observing issues from multiple perspectives). It is also striking that about half of the textbook pages are in 10th grade textbooks. Heteronormativity is still a problem, and bisexual and transgendered people are far less visible than lesbian and gay people are.  

A Marriage of Social Science, Natural Science, and Humanities

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-392
Author(s):  
Anita P. Barbee ◽  
Michael R. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Natural Science

Knowing as being: Psychology, limits to knowledge, and an ethics of solidarity

2020 ◽  
pp. 095935432097870
Author(s):  
Peiwei Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Zen Buddhism ◽  
Philosophical Foundation ◽  
Moral Relevance ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Buddhist Practice ◽  
Science Building ◽  
Critical Science ◽  
Zen Buddhist

Critical epistemological reflection facilitates disciplinary self-reflection, and yet the limitation of this practice needs to examined. This article explores the possibility of a praxis-oriented philosophical foundation for psychology through investigating the limits to knowledge. Integrating insights from critical communicative pragmatist perspectives and Zen Buddhism, this paper outlines what constitutes limits to knowledge and contests the boundary of epistemology, in relation to psychology as a natural science, social science, and critical science. Building upon this deconstruction/reconstruction, Zen Buddhist practice is drawn upon to further illuminate the potential to center psychology through the praxis of knowing as being, which is nontotalizing and always open to uncertainty and fallibility. My key argument is that any notion of epistemology is inadequate when divorced from its intra-connection to being and practice that have inherent ethical and moral relevance. This necessitates deferring philosophizing to a constant and endless practice that upholds an ethics of solidarity.

The pre-history of health psychology in the United Kingdom: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Murray
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Science ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Health psychology formally came of age in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, but it was prefigured by much discussion about challenges to the dominance of biomedicine in healthcare and debates. This articles focuses on what could be termed the pre-history of health psychology in the UK. This was the period in the earlier 20th century when psychological approaches were dominated by psychoanalysis which was followed by behaviourism and then cognitivism. Review of this pre-history provides the backdrop for the rise of health psychology in the UK and also reveals the tensions between the different theoretical perspectives.

scholarly journals Distribution of Elite Students in Vietnam Revealed by National Olympiads

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duy Nghia Pham
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Red River ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Red River Delta ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
Science Test

Vietnamese National Olympiads 2010-2020 has awarded elite students more than 24,000 prizes. Provinces in the Red River Delta and the North Central Coast with their high schools for the gifted led the country in the number of elite students and the proportion of highest achievers. In comparison with social science test subjects, natural science subjects were more characterized by younger students and male students and less represented by ethnic minority students.

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