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Bevz, Valentyna; Dmytriienko, Oksana – Advanced Education, 2020
The article presents the integrated course "The History of Science and Technology" developed for the students of pedagogical universities, majoring in physics, mathematics, and computer sciences. The authors highlight the effective forms, methods and means of teaching the course. The qualitative research methods included observations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Science History
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Pleasants, Jacob – Science Teacher, 2017
Helping students understand the Nature of Science (NOS) is a long-standing goal of science education. One method is to provide students examples of science history in the form of short stories. This article modifies that approach, using historical case studies to address both the history of science and the history of technology, as well as the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Literary Genres, Science History, Teaching Methods
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Lee, Yeung Chung; Kwok, Ping Wai – Journal of Biological Education, 2017
This paper examines the feasibility of using historical case studies to contextualise the learning of the nature of science and technology in a biology lesson. Through exploring the historical development of vaccine technology, students were expected to understand the complexity of the relationships between technology and science beyond the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education