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Evolutionary Theory, the Nature of Science and High School Biology Teachers: Critical Relationships.
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Rutledge, Michael L.; Warden, Melissa A. – American Biology Teacher, 2000
Describes a study on establishing the current status of and exploring the relationships among the variables of high school biology teachers' acceptance of evolutionary theory and teacher understanding of the nature of science. (Contains 23 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Knowledge Level, Science Instruction
The Use and Impact of Explicit Instruction about the Nature of Science and Science Inquiry in an Elementary Science Methods Course.
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Gess-Newsome, Julie – Science and Education, 2002
Describes and evaluates an elementary science methods course in which the nature of science and scientific inquiry are embedded and explicitly taught. As a result of the course, incoming conceptions of science as primarily a body of knowledge changed to a more appropriate, blended view of science as a body of knowledge generated through the active…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Inquiry
Prospective Elementary Science Teachers and Biomythographies: An Exploratory Approach to Autobiographical Research.
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Nichols, Sharon E.; Tippins, Deborah J. – Research in Science Education, 2000
Explores an approach to autobiographical research based on a notion of "outlaw genre" autobiography, referred to as "biomythography". Describes the use of photo essays to learn about prospective elementary teachers' stories of science and science education. Calls for an examination of hegemonies extending from students' personal histories as…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Feminist Criticism