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Kaya-Capocci, Sila; McCormack, Orla; Erduran, Sibel; Birdthistle, Naomi – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: The social aspects of nature of science (NOS) have become more eminent but entrepreneurial perspectives of NOS continue to be neglected. Entrepreneurship is relevant to NOS and science education due to its role in scientific enterprises and its importance as a 21st-century skill required in all subjects, particularly in science,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, 21st Century Skills
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Kaya, Ebru; Erduran, Sibel – Science & Education, 2016
The inclusion of Nature of Science (NOS) in the science curriculum has been advocated around the world for several decades. One way of defining NOS is related to the family resemblance approach (FRA). The family resemblance idea was originally described by Wittgenstein. Subsequently, philosophers and educators have applied Wittgenstein's idea to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Genetics, Heredity, Science Curriculum
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Erduran, Sibel; Dagher, Zoubeida R. – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
The Irish national discourse on curriculum and assessment reform at the Junior Cycle level has been fraught with controversy in the past two years. The introduction of the new curriculum and assessment framework in 2012 by the then Minister of Education, Ruairi Quinn has led to significant media coverage and teacher union response. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction