Abstract

CAMBRA BADII, Irene  and  LORENZO, María Gabriela. The Ethical Sensitivity and the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Experimental Science Teachers. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2021, n.49, pp.199-218.  Epub Feb 02, 2022. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num49-10000.

The constant advances in science and technology pose a persistent need for revision and training of teachers in service. Within these updates, special attention should be paid not only to pedagogical innovations in terms of content and tools, but also to ethical sensitivity, that is, the moral evaluation of actions and how they affect oneself and others. To contribute with this approach, we present the results of a research carried out from an interdisciplinary framework that combines the models of the Pedagogical Knowledge of Content (PCK), the contributions of the Nature of Science and the interrogation on ethical aspects of teaching. A didactic sequence was implemented with a group of Argentine science teachers in a postgraduate training course using an audiovisual format for the analysis of a mathematics class. The responses to a questionnaire were evaluated using content analysis and the application of the ethical sensitivity test (REST). The results showed the ability of teachers to recognize and reflect on pedagogical aspects of educational practices, while ethical issues remained at a more superficial level. The minor importance given to ethical issues alerts us to the need for the incorporation of ethical knowledge as a new component of the CDC, and therefore, the need of teacher training in these aspects.

Keywords : audiovisual materials; educational research; ethics; teacher education; teacher responsibility.

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