Implications of Teachers' Beliefs about the Nature of Science: Comparison of the Beliefs of Scientists, Secondary Science Teachers, and Elementary Teachers.

Autor: Pomeroy, Deborah
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Zdroj: Science Education; Jun1993, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p261-178, 18p
Abstrakt: The article cites a study which discusses the implications of teachers' beliefs about the nature of science. This study arises from three related issues: (1) the literature that contains conflicting opinions and data as to the current philosophical status of scientists and science teachers; (2) questions of whether the philosophers and luminaries of science represent the same view of science held by research scientists; and (3) a sense that the relative philosophical stances of scientists and teachers might provide interesting implications for science teacher education. This empirical study also explores possible correlation between beliefs about science and science education, how strongly logicoempiricism appears to be rooted in scientists and science teachers, and what the findings might suggest for preparing science teachers. This article examines these questions by presenting and analyzing the results of a pilot study designed to explore the beliefs and attitudes of a sample of research scientists and secondary science and elementary teachers.
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