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Majken Korsager; Kirsten Fiskum; Berit Reitan; Sibel Erduran – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Teaching and learning of nature of science (NOS) is an explicit goal in the core science curriculum in Norway. Yet there is little understanding of how the content of the current textbooks in certain educational pathways such as vocational training addresses NOS. Purpose: The aim of this study is to contribute to research on NOS in VET…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Textbooks, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
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Demirel, Zeynep Merve; Sungur, Semra; Çakiroglu, Jale – Science & Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to investigate science teachers' views about the nature of science (NOS); and second, to examine science teachers' views about their NOS integration into instruction. Reconceptualized family resemblance approach to nature of science (RFN) is used as a theoretical and analytical framework. The…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
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Shi, Xiaoming – Science & Education, 2023
Numerous studies have shown that teaching the history and philosophy of science (POS) can help improve senior high school students' scientific literacy. The history of science is usually taught in school science lessons by reference to particular cases, experiments, and scientists. In contrast, the POS -- that is, the study of general and…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Science Instruction, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Zarei, Ebrahim; Hossein Nia, Roghayeh – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2023
This report includes the analysis of three chemistry textbooks in high schools in Iran for representation of nature of science (NOS). The analysis was framed by an analytical tool developed and validated by Abd-El-Khalick and a team of researchers in a large-scale study on the high school textbooks in the USA. The results indicated that NOS…
Descriptors: High Schools, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Textbooks
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Yizhou Ling; Hongyan Ren; Jiayan Yu; Ting Zhong – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: The views of the nature of science (VNOS) is one of the important goals of science education. According to information processing constructivism, learners' psychological factors that may influence VNOS include scientific argumentation (SA), metacognition (MC) and epistemic beliefs (EB). Purpose: This mixed-methods study aims to analyse…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Epistemology, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
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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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Cramer, Claes – Physics Education, 2022
The principle of relativity is of fundamental importance in practice when we are solving problems in physics since the axiom states that the result of any physical experiment is the same when performed with identical initial conditions relative to any inertial coordinate system. Hence, conceptual knowledge of coordinate systems is central in any…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Scientific Principles
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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
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Librea-Carden, Mila Rosa; Avarzamani, Farnaz; Rillero, Peter; Hamel, Florence – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
The study explored science and science education professors' nature of science (NOS) understandings and perceptions on NOS instruction before (T1), during (T2), and after (T3) a professional development (PD) series. Using repeated measures design, findings showed an increasing trend across NOS aspects. Summary scores were used to classify…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers
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Greenstein, George – Physics Teacher, 2022
During the early decades of the 18th century, Newtonian physics was still new. Much effort was expended in testing its validity. One arena in which evidence could be found was the shape of Earth. Was it perfectly spherical? On the observational side there were two hints. In 1671 Jean Richer had measured the rate of ticking of a pendulum clock near…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles
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Ayse Sert Çibik; Betül Timur; Nagihan Imer Çetin – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2023
This study aims to examine the effects of explicit-reflective nature of science (NOS) activities on science teacher candidates' views on the nature of science and self-efficacy beliefs about teaching the nature of science, using a single-group pre-test-post-test experimental method. The research sample included 120 science teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Atike Sari; Çigdem Sahin Çakir – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2024
This study employed a case study methodology to investigate students' misconceptions about solid, liquid, and atmospheric pressure. The research included 36 8th-grade students from various middle schools in Giresun, comprising 19 girls and 17 boys. Data collection involved a test consisting of 14 concept cartoon questions, and the concept cartoons…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cartoons, Grade 8, Middle School Students
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Badmus, Olalekan Taofeek; Jita, Loyiso C. – Science Education International, 2022
The decision to integrate Nature of Science into classroom practice is no longer a debate among science educators and curriculum experts. There exists empirical evidence to substantiate its effectiveness, judging by both the academic performance and ability of students to conceptualize abstract yet teachable areas in science. Curriculum and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physical Sciences, Scientific Principles, Science Curriculum
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Zhu, Yuanze; Tang, Aibin – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Understanding the nature of science (NOS) is an important goal of science education, and textbooks are a key factor in shaping students' conceptions of NOS. In this study, we analysed NOS represented in middle school chemistry textbooks in the Chinese mainland. The selected materials were three most commonly adopted textbook series, which were…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Textbooks
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Kyungsuk Bae; Jun-Young Oh; Yeon-A Son – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2023
This study investigated the perception of aesthetic features within science among 73 pre-service science teachers and its implications for science education. We developed an analytical framework and questionnaire to administer to teachers. The findings revealed notable distinctions in how participants perceived aesthetic aspects, particularly…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Aesthetics, Science Instruction
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