RT Journal Article
T1 The dominant model of meat production and consumption as a socially acute question for activist education
A1 Cabello-Garrido, Aurelio
A1 Cebrián-Robles, Daniel
A1 España-Ramos, Enrique
A1 González-García, Francisco José
A1 Cruz-Lorite, Isabel María
A1 España-Naveira, Paloma
A1 Blanco-López, Ángel
K1 Debates - Estudio y enseñanza
K1 Carne - Consumo - Aspectos ambientales
K1 Cambios climáticos
AB Public debate often centers on issues that affect our lives and which reflect interests ofvarious social groups and scientific communities, leading to controversies about what wemay call socially acute questions (SAQs). In this paper we focus on two SAQs linked tothe dominant model of meat production and consumption in Western countries, namelyits impact on the environment and the health problems associated with high-meat diets.Given the importance of education in relation to these SAQs, our main objectives herewere to examine the extent to which a Cartography of Controversy (CoC) approach is auseful tool for exploring and visualizing the views and ideas of preservice teachers aboutthe controversies associated with this model of meat production and consumption, and tocompare their initial maps with our own, one that is informed by a more detailed socioepistemologicalanalysis. As a complement to this inquiry, we also present the SAQ–EatingMeat project, the aim of which is to encourage citizens to reflect on how food productionand consumption may impact health and the environment, and then to take action towardchange. In comparison with our own map, those produced by students did not reflect thefull complexity of the controversies surrounding the dominant model of meat productionand consumption, and some actants were missing. The results nevertheless suggest thata CoC approach is a useful way of engaging students with SAQs and that it offers thema framework in which to extend their inquiry and knowledge, providing a platform fromwhich they may move toward taking action for change.
PB Springer
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27643
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27643
LA spa
NO Cabello-Garrido, A., Cebrián-Robles, D., España-Ramos, E. et al. The dominant model of meat production and consumption as a socially acute question for activist education. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 18, 911–935 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-023-10188-x
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026