On Epistemic Injustices: A Call to Overcome the Dominance of English in International Science Education Research

Epistemic InjusticeEnglish is often described as the current universal language-or lingua franca-of science, much as Latin was during the Early Modern period (late 15th-18th centuries); however, this claim is open to question.Two fundamental differences can be identified.First, Latin was adopted as the scholarly language because the accumulated erudite knowledge of the time had been expressed in that language.For this reason, the renowned Italian physicist Galileo Galilei 1 (1564-1642) published his first major work on astronomy in Latin, Sidereus Nuncius (1610).Similarly, the eminent British scientist Isaac Newton (1643-1727) published his seminal work in Latin, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687).English, by contrast, became dominant for very different reasons linked to the power dynamics of dominant nations following the Second World War. | Epistemic Injustice in Science ClassroomIn school, epistemic injustice emerges when monoglossic policies compel learners to acquire and demonstrate knowledge in a