Publisher's Synopsis
Access to scientific knowledge and technologies is one of the keys to socio-economic transformation and the achievement of high levels of productivity and international competitiveness, thus fulfilling the social mission of education based on the need to train men and women to master the fruits of the Scientific-Technological Revolution and to be, at the same time, creators and innovators. Among the definitions offered by researchers on scientific culture, we suggest the one that considers it as part of the general culture of people, which enables man to form explanations, interpretations and predictions about the phenomena and processes that surround them, from the most updated of science, in order to satisfy social and personal needs and interests, in harmony with nature. The proposed practical-experimental activities allow the development of scientific culture in students, since they make possible the link between the contents they receive in the different subjects and the activities they carry out in their daily lives, promoting adequate assessments of scientific-technological development.
