Educação UNISINOS
On-line version ISSN 2177-6210
Abstract
GUIMARAES, Márcio Andrei and CARVALHO, Washington Luiz Pacheco de. Contribuições do ensino de ciências para o desenvolvimento moral. Educação. UNISINOS [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.02, pp.162-168. ISSN 2177-6210.
This paper presents the contributions of science education to student’s moral development. The cognitive approach of Piaget (1994) and Kohlberg (1984) is adopted with emphasis to the resolution of socioscientific dilemmas.
Keywords : Science Teaching; Moral Development; Socioscientific Issues.