This study further extends a conceptual framework that explores science teaching as a "practice" not reducible to the application of formal knowledge, but as informed by teachers' practical-moral knowledge. A hermeneutic model was developed to examine practical-moral knowledge "indirectly" by investigating teachers'…

Addresses the teacher's role in the integration of science and technology studies within an educational reform in Israeli junior high schools. Concludes that a realistic goal would be to enable science and technology teachers to cooperate with one another. Contains 35 references. (DDR)