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Primary School Students' Perspectives on Questions That Bridge Science and Religion: Findings from a Survey Study in England
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Billingsley, Berry; Abedin, Manzoorul; Nassaji, Mehdi – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article describes the development of a questionnaire to discover primary school students' perceptions of science, religion and the relationships between them on a range of topics that are known as Big Questions. The questionnaire was administered in 16 primary schools in England with over 750 students aged 10-11. The findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Religion
Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education: Why Does it Matter?
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Dagher, Zoubeida R.; Erduran, Sibel – Science & Education, 2016
Two fundamental questions about science are relevant for science educators: (a) What is the nature of science? and (b) what aspects of nature of science should be taught and learned? They are fundamental because they pertain to how science gets to be framed as a school subject and determines what aspects of it are worthy of inclusion in school…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Scientific Attitudes, Science Curriculum
Fostering Pre-Service Teachers' Views about Nature of Science: Evaluation of a New STEM Curriculum
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Krell, Moritz; Koska, Johannes; Penning, Fenna; Krüger, Dirk – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2015
Background: An elaborated understanding of Nature of Science (NOS) is seen as an important part of scientific literacy. In order to enable teachers to adequately discuss NOS in their lessons, various approaches have recently been employed to improve teachers' understanding of NOS. Purpose: This study investigated the effect of participating in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Principles
Outcomes of a Self-Regulated Learning Curriculum Model
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Peters-Burton, Erin E. – Science & Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to describe connections among students' views of nature of science in relation to the goals of a curriculum delivered in a unique setting, one where a researcher and two teachers collaborated to develop a course devoted to teaching students about how knowledge is built in science. Students proceeded through a cycle of…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Science Curriculum
The Development of a Basic Social Science Course for Undergraduate Students in the Natural Sciences and Engineering. Final Report.
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Pool, Ithiel de Sola; Angell, George W., Jr. – 1969
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a 4-year project was undertaken to restructure the sophomore elective course in social science for natural science and engineering students. The restructured course emphasized an objective, rigorous, and exact approach to social phenomena. Readings were designed to carry the student step by step from…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Focus on Experiments. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 2.
Osborne, Roger; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education