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This paper explores the fundamental axes that currently converge for the needs of nature and humanity. The philosophical statements contained in this reflection become valid when it comes to articulating ethical codes with the advancement of science and, at the same time, educating through an axiological system that leads to sustainable human development. In this order of ideas, it is pointed out how Western progress has led to catastrophic events for life on the planet, coupled with the excessive use of science, without any ethical criteria to regulate their actions. However, as a result of the moral reflection of recent times, of the voices of various social groups, scientific improvements have been questioned and directed towards the production of knowledge that allows human activity to be deployed positively on nature and on society, taking into account that, to make this possible, it is necessary to combine ethics, science and education, to walk towards progress in terms of sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a study on socio-educational research logic, focusing on the essential elements of research designs, but especially on the relations between those elements, which denote the most important requirements for the research design in the inquiry about educational phenomena. In the first part we discuss the formal levels of socio-educational research, with special emphasis on the philosophical, scientific and technical elements of research logic. Subsequently, we propose the concept of relationality as a coordinating approach to address the logic of research, and establish an integrated approach of the different levels that make up the research process and also a research framework based on the relational conception of educational phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we will see that depending on the context and diversity, discovering and teaching in science, should have an Intercultural look. The final objective of the so-called exact sciences, practically mostly, you could say it's the same. This objective would be to know and understand the secrets it holds the universe. But how do we discover? and how do we learn the knowledge that are already found?, we propose that this path should be intercultural. In this paper, first we will try to adopt and / or assume a definition for the words of Knowledge, Education, Science and Interculturality; because they are words that have much theoretical debate, and if we do not assume some definition for them, we will not reach to any goal. Then we will prove that interculturality must be present at the time of doing science and teaching it, for which purpose, we will find support primarily with studies of neuroscience, then, with the meaningful learning theory of Ausubel, with Piaget that gives importance to the prior knowledge of the learner, by Watson, Vygotsky, etc. Even we give an ancient example, in which this knowledge has already been used with good results; we talk about education in times of the Incas. This is a clear example that interculturality should be applied to teaching and conducting science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows how Hegel was opposed to a purely scholarly teaching of philosophy in gyms and universities, and outlines his proposal to teach it as a science, as a rigorous and systematic knowledge of concepts by which the human soul rises to the universal. Man just is what he/she is, and can only become what she/he wants to be through education as a "second birth" to the realm of spirit. Teaching philosophy cannot remain only in the study of historical products of philosophizing. It should become familiar with arts, sciences and the own particular religion in order to participate in this spiritual substance from beginning to the end. Otherwise, conceptual thinking would be reduced to a mere sophistical reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Manipulative activities are a popular learning tool that promotes the effectiveness on scientific and technological education. Aiming to promote its widespread use in all possible areas, in 2003 it was established the educational network "Hands-on Science" (HSci) in the frame of the Socrates program of the European Commission. It enrolled initially twenty-eight institutions from ten European countries (BE, CY, DE, ES, MO, MT, PT, RO, SL, UK) and a multinational consortium (CoLoS). Once finished the three-year project the network was established as an international association with the same purposes and philosophy. In an open and open-minded and participated way we approach and involve teachers, schools and educational boards, presenting, discussing and implementing well-established practices of the learning of Science and Technology. Its objective is to promote the development and use of manipulative activities in formal and informal learning, so that students "do" science rather than simply being "exposed" to it, while in the same time increasing society' scientific literacy. In this paper we will briefly present the main objectives, pedagogical strategies and proposals of the network as well as the outstanding achievements so far. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To speak of interculturalness bears to understand and to recognize the existence of different cultures in the search of dialogues and encounters of knowledge from the existence and evolution of a global world in the perspective of finding new interaction spaces to leave the scientific and technological appropriation.; For it this proposal points to Determine the existent relationships among CyT and cultural diversity and the list that complete for the development of the sociocultural groups besides the identification of the paper of the education in CyT in the intercultural education - knowledge, valuation and statement of the ethnic identity and of the knowledge of technologies taken place by other human groups. This document leaves then of a clear conceptualization around the intercultural education and of the principal elements of the scientific and technological knowledge and it concludes with the necessary orientations to energize the scientific and technological education from the diversity culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on Edgar Morin's framework of Complex Thinking the paper explores a perspective of Science Education which goes beyond the traditional disciplinary approach. This argument is illustrated with examples of dialogic relationships of Science and Fine Arts and clues are put forward of how to explore such dialogic relationships in an educational context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]