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ABSTRACT
The increase in ecological problems and social and moral conflicts has brought character and value education to the agenda in the 21st century. Socioscientific issues (SSI) that concern society and address ethical and moral issues are recommended as appropriate content to develop character and values within science education. In this systematic review, we investigate the trends and differences of SSI-based instruction studies that aim to develop character and values. Based on the analysis of 12 related articles, we found that SSI-based instructions focus on ecological worldview, socioscientific accountability, and social and moral compassion. We also cover instructional activities, assessment, time spent, and content. This research will guide researchers and practitioners to develop SSI-based instructions particularly for character and value development and explore new areas of SSI-based research by recognizing the gaps in this field.
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Nejla Atabey
Nejla Atabey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Muş Alparslan University, Türkiye. She completed her undergraduate education in Science Education from 9 Eylul University, Türkiye, and master's and Ph.D. in Science Education from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. Her research interests include socioscientific issues, argumentation, and informal reasoning.
Mustafa Sami Topçu
Mustafa Sami Topçu is a Professor of Science Education in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education at Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye. He received a Ph.D. in Science Education from Middle East Technical University, Türkiye. His research interests are socio-scientific issues, argumentation, community-based engineering designs, and computational thinking.