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Barak, Miri; Yachin, Tal; Erduran, Sibel – Research in Science Education, 2023
The goal of this study was to examine the way preservice science teachers depict and develop their understanding of nature of science (NOS), from the perspective of the family resemblance approach (FRA). FRA defines NOS as a Cognitive-Epistemic and Social-Institutional system. Appling the dual-analytic approach via reflective drawing analysis, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Principles, Freehand Drawing
Kinskey, Melanie – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023
Literature suggests the transfer of understanding the nature of science to instructional practice requires preservice teachers to value teaching about the nature of science. Despite decades of research developing preservice teachers' views of nature of science, there is still a disconnect between their understanding and instructional practice.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers
Cheung, Derek – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
Nineteen pre-service and in-service teachers taking a chemistry teaching methods course at a university in Hong Kong were asked to take a diagnostic assessment. It consisted of seven multiple-choice questions about the chemistry of the lead-acid battery. Analysis of the teachers' responses to the questions indicated that they had difficulty in…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions
Lewthwaite, Brian – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This inquiry uses teacher-candidate critiques of science lessons as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructor's pedagogical approach to promote teacher candidate understanding of the nature of science (NOS) in a science methods course. Three cohorts of teacher candidates enrolled in a middle-years teacher education program were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses