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Rola Khishfe – Science & Education, 2025
The study examined preservice teachers' development in conceptions of NOS and their argumentation components using an explicit approach that targets NOS and argumentation. Participants were 20 preservice elementary teachers enrolled in a science methods course emphasizing explicit instruction of NOS and argumentation through various hands-on…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Scientific Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Scientific Principles
Beyza Okan; Ebru Kaya – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
This study examined science teachers' views on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science (RFN). Semi-structured individual online interviews including questions related to all categories of the RFN were conducted with eight science teachers to explore their views on the epistemic, cognitive, and social-institutional…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Epistemology, Cognitive Processes
Britney L. Jones – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Science education policies and standards have called for educators to teach students about the Nature of Science (NOS) and engage them in Culturally Relevant Science Teaching (CRST), which requires critical shifts away from traditional science teaching. As such, teachers are being asked to possess or take up conceptions of science that challenge…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Science Education
Student, Teacher, and Scientist Views of the Scientific Enterprise: An Epistemic Network Re-Analysis
Peters-Burton, Erin E.; Dagher, Zoubeida R.; Erduran, Sibel – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
There is substantial research in science education about students', teachers', and scientists' views of nature of science (NOS). Many studies have used NOS frameworks that focus on particular ideas such as tentativeness of scientific knowledge and cultural embeddedness of science. In this paper, we investigate NOS from the perspective of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Scientists, Scientific Attitudes
Jatsho, Sherab; Dorji, Karma – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2022
Science education and scientific literacy has gained enormous attention in the global educational scenario. In many cases, however, the holistic intent of science education is largely affected due to the lack of adequate understanding of the Nature of Science (NOS). This cross-sectional study was carried out to establish Bhutanese pre-service…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles
Price, Gareth; Bevins, Stuart – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2021
We have argued that science in general, and scientific inquiry in particular, is a human activity and that current models to describe science (either as Scientific Method or as a Body of Knowledge) tend to underestimate the significance of human beings in the phenomenon. Our earlier paper (Bevins & Price, 2016) suggests a model to correct this…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Scientific Principles, Scientific Methodology, Science Education
Galili, Igal – Science & Education, 2019
This study considers the short list of Nature of Science (NOS) features frequently published and widely known in the science education discourse. It is argued that these features were oversimplified and a refinement of the claims may enrich or sometimes reverse them. The analysis shows the need to address the range of variation in each particular…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Science History, Science Instruction
Wangdi, Dumcho; Tshomo, Sonam; Lhamo, Sonam – Journal of Instructional Research, 2020
This study explores Bhutanese in-service science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS) by using the Understanding Nature of Science (UNOS) questionnaire. The 15, two-tiered items focus on the five aspects of NOS: (1) scientific knowledge; (2) scientific theories and laws; (3) scientific method; (4) scientists' work; and (5)…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Scientific Principles
Saritas, Davut – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
In this study, the experience of prospective science teachers, who watched a cinema film adapted from the life story of a well-known scientist for the first time in an informal environment, was examined. Answers of two questions were sought in the study: (1) What aspects of the nature of science did the prospective science teachers experience…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Films, Biographies, Scientific Principles
Kite, Vance; Park, Soonhye; McCance, Katherine; Seung, Elsun – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize engaging students in science practices through which students can develop content, procedural, and epistemic knowledge of science. To accomplish this goal, science teachers must embed science content in authentic science practice. Successfully integrating content and practice will require…
Descriptors: Science Education, Standards, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers
Oh, Jun-Young – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The aims of this research are 1) to explore the inter-relationships within the individual elements or tenets of Nature of Science (NOS), based on the dimensions of scientific knowledge in science learning, and 2) to consider Kuhn's concept of how scientific revolution takes place. This study suggests that instruction according to our NOS Flowchart…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Concepts
Cofré, Hernán; Núñez, Paola; Santibáñez, David; Pavez, José M.; Valencia, Martina; Vergara, Claudia – Science & Education, 2019
There is widespread agreement that an adequate understanding of the nature of science (NOS) is a critical component of scientific literacy and a major goal in science education. However, we still do not know many specific details regarding how students and teachers learn particular aspects of NOS and what are the most important feature traits of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Science Teachers
Ulucinar Sagir, Safak – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The perceptions of class teachers, who will deliver science education at the elementary school, of information and science are significant as these affect the quality of education received by children. The aim of this research is to determine perceptions of prospective class teachers of science. The sample group of the research consists of 120…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Science Education, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers
Das, Pabi Maya; Faikhamta, Chatree; Punsuvon, Vittaya – Science Education International, 2018
This study investigated the development of Bhutanese students' views of the nature of science (NOS) as they engaged in an explicit and reflective approach. Seven aspects of NOS were integrated into the chemistry content in two learning units titled "matter and its composition" and "study of gas laws" over a time span of 6 weeks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Secondary School Students, Scientific Principles
Saif, Abdulsalam Dale Amer – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aims to investigate the views of Saudi Science Teachers in Najran district about the nature of science (NOS). A questionnaire of fourteen items was developed and administered to a sample of 83 science teachers. The questionnaire covers five aspects of the nature of science which are: scientific theories and models; role of scientists;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles