Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the consequences of innovations and think critically about the ethics of science.
have reported that their childhood encounters with science fiction framed their thinking about the sciences. Thinking critically about science and technology ishas revealed that librarians and teachers in elementary schools treat science fiction as a genre that works best for certain cases, like reluctant readers or kids who like what they called “weird,” “freaky” or “funky” books.
The teachers and librarians explained that they saw two related problems with science fiction for their youngest readers: low availability and complicated content.Several respondents said that there simply are not as many science fiction books available for elementary school students. To investigate further, Iin 10 randomly selected elementary school libraries from across the United States. Only 3 percent of the books in each library were science fiction.
With fewer books to choose from, the teachers and librarians said that they have difficulty finding options that are not too long and complicated for group readings. One explained: “I have to appeal to broad ability levels in chapter book read-aloud selections. These books typically have to be shorter, with more simple plots.” Another respondent explained that they believe “the kind of suppositions sci-fi is based on to be difficult for younger children to grasp.
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