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Direct linkTaber, Keith S.; Billingsley, Berry; Riga, Fran; Newdick, Helen – Curriculum Journal, 2015
Teaching about the nature of science (NOS) is seen as a priority for science education in many national contexts. The present paper focuses on one central issue in learning about NOS: understanding the nature and status of scientific theories. A key challenge in teaching about NOS is to persuade students that scientific knowledge is generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Science Education
