Science and Society in the Classroom: Using Sociocultural Perspec ...

as a result of children being active participants in their families and communities. This is especially true of science classrooms, where knowledge is presented as universal truth, as value-free, and as a collection of facts that needs to be mastered. These sociocultural perspectives bring the diversity of students or learners in the science classroom to the forefront, as opposed to the privileged position occupied by the value-free, objective, and universal truth presented in Western science's traditional claims.