AUTHOR=Hopkin Karen , Roberts Keith , Alberts Bruce 

TITLE=Teaching trust in science: a critical new focus for science education

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1589116

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2025.1589116

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=The recent pandemic has revealed the importance of understanding how scientific knowledge is produced, if citizens are to make decisions that protect themselves, their communities, and their nations. Creating such an understanding presents a critical and urgent challenge for the world’s education systems. In this essay, we propose that teachers prioritize producing an understanding of the scientific process at all levels of science education.