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Jasmine Jain; Mok Shu Jin; Lee Yee Ling – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2025
Purpose -- This study is part of a comprehensive investigation conducted in Malaysia, examining science teachers' understanding of the Nature of Science (NOS) and their ability to translate this knowledge into Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for NOS. This paper specifically examines how teachers apply their NOS knowledge to develop NOS PCK in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
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Tarisai Chanetsa; Umesh Ramnarain – Science & Education, 2025
This article reports on the effect of textbook analysis as a tool of teacher professional development on nature of science (NOS) understanding of 10 science teachers in South Africa. The teacher professional development program (TPDP) was based on an explicit reflective methodology of textbook analysis and conducted online due to the Covid-induced…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Ethics
Jeffrey Martin Chalfant – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Over the past several decades, science education reforms have called for students to develop appropriate views of the nature of science and have a comprehensive understanding of subject matter. Additionally, education research has demonstrated that teachers must have appropriate views of the nature of science and strong content knowledge as…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Rural Schools, Science Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Wacharaporn Khaokhajorn; Niwat Srisawasdi – Cogent Education, 2024
Advancing inquiry-based science education is crucial for fostering sustainable development among science teachers. Integrating digital technology into teacher preparation programs is essential due to its widespread use in inquiry-based methodologies. Understanding the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI) is fundamental for pre-service science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction
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Gülüzar Eymur; Funda Yesildag Hasançebi; Pinar Seda Çetin – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The purpose of the present study was to reveal the effectiveness of the Nature of Science (NOS) embedded in Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) instructional method on pre-service science teachers' (PSTs) content knowledge and self-efficacy in evolution theory. The study was a mixed-method study in which the qualitative data collection and analysis was…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Intervention, Misconceptions
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Sevgi Aydin Gunbatar; Betul Ekiz Kiran; Yezdan Boz; Elif Selcan Oztay – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025
This study reviewed the green and sustainable chemistry education (GSCE) research that provided training at the tertiary level from 2000 to 2024. The Web of Science and ERIC databases were screened using title and abstract review. In total, 49 studies were analysed. The analysis instrument has two main parts, namely, general characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Training, Science Education, Science Teachers