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Direct linkBramschreiber, Terry L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Even 150 years after Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," public school teachers still find themselves dealing with student resistance to learning about biological evolution. Some teachers deal with this pressure by undermining, deemphasizing, or even omitting the topic in their science curriculum. Others face the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Evolution, Science Teachers
Peer reviewedKampourakis, Kostas; McComas, William F. – Science & Education, 2010
Recently, the nature of science (NOS) has become recognized as an important element within the K-12 science curriculum. Despite differences in the ultimate lists of recommended aspects, a consensus is emerging on what specific NOS elements should be the focus of science instruction and inform textbook writers and curriculum developers. In this…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Influences, Cognitive Processes
Smith, Mike U.; Scharmann, Lawrence – Science & Education, 2008
This investigation delineates a multi-year action research agenda designed to develop an instructional model for teaching the nature of science (NOS) to preservice science teachers. Our past research strongly supports the use of explicit reflective instructional methods, which includes Thomas Kuhn's notion of learning by ostention and treating…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Action Research, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers
