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Wilkes, Lesley M.; Batts, Judith E. – Research in Science Education, 1996
Report of a cross-sectional study designed to establish conceptions of physical science held by registered nurses (n=162) in their clinical practice. Findings indicate that the conceptions held by the nurses were not adequate to allow them to fulfill their roles. Contains 27 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Competence, Cross Sectional Studies, Educational Research, Fundamental Concepts

Costa, Shelley; Pinch, Trevor; Hughes, Thomas B. – Research in Science Education, 1998
Supports the validity of drawing from science studies to reshape science education. Encourages educators to draw from methodologies used in science studies to further their goals in education research and classroom teaching. Contains 53 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation

Roth, Wolff-Michael; McRobbie, Campbell J.; Lucas, Keith B. – Research in Science Education, 1998
Analyzes and explores questions about the dialogic nature of beliefs and students' belief talk about the nature of science and scientific knowledge. Argues that students' discourse is better understood as a textual bricolage sensitive to conversational context. Contains 26 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Science and Society

Fountain, Renee-Marie – Research in Science Education, 1998
Argues that the framework of sociologists extends commonly used analytical frameworks in socioscientific research in education. Foregrounds the social construction of knowledge and highlights the nature of knowledge production. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Philosophy

Larochelle, Marie; Desautels, Jacques – Research in Science Education, 1998
Sheds light on views held by those who enjoy a certain degree of institutional legitimacy for talking about science either as practitioners in the field of science or as guidance counselors working with students interested in having science-related careers. Contains 60 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation