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This article examines the influence of mathematics and science on theformation of culture. It then examines several definitions of liberaleducation, including the notion that languages and fields of study constitutethe substrate of articulate intelligence. Finally, it examines the linkagesbetween science, scientific culture, liberal education, and democracy, andproposes that science cannot be taught merely as a body of facts andtheories, but must be presented to students as integral with culturalstudies. The use of a contextualist approach to science education isrecommended.
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CARSON, R.N. Science and the Ideals of Liberal Education. Science & Education 6, 225–238 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008656227615
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