In this article, I use the idea of post-patrimonial governance to consider the science education of future scientists. I argue, with Anna Yeatman, that the politics of our time is structured by a contest between two kinds of post-patrimonial contractualism. Data are reported from a study of contemporary Australian scientists to show that some scientists are successfully conducting professional relationships with their publics that are consistent with what Yeatman has called the new contractualism. These approaches contrast with the neopatrimonial contractualism that typifies neoliberal governance and which is prevalent in many societies today. Science educators face a choice to provide accounts of science that acknowledge the work of these scientists and that prepare both future scientists and their future publics for professional relationships of reciprocal respect. I suggest approaches for school science education that are consistent with such a choice.

在这篇文章中，我用后世袭治理的思想来考虑未来科学家的科学教育。我与安娜·耶特曼（Anna Yeatman）争辩说，我们这个时代的政治是由两种后世袭契约主义之间的竞争构成的。来自当代澳大利亚科学家的一项研究报告的数据表明，一些科学家正在成功地与公众建立专业关系，这与叶特曼所说的新契约主义是一致的。这些方法与以新自由主义治理为代表的新世袭契约主义形成鲜明对比，后者在当今许多社会中普遍存在。科学教育者面临一个选择，即提供承认这些科学家工作的科学叙述，并为未来的科学家及其未来的公众建立相互尊重的专业关系做好准备。我建议与这种选择相一致的学校科学教育方法。