An Exploratory Investigation of 12-Year-Old Students' Ability to Appreciate Certain Aspects of the Nature of Science through a Specially Designed Approach in the Context of Energy

Autor:	Papadouris, Nicos, Constantinou, Constantinos P.
Přispěvatelé:	Constantinou, Constantinos P. [0000-0003-3183-4131]
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Cooperative learning Energy (esotericism) Teaching method media_common.quotation_subject Nature of Science Context (language use) Education Young age Promotion (rank) Content analysis ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	International Journal of Science Education Int.J.Sci.Educ. Scopus
ISSN:	1464-5289 0950-0693
DOI:	10.1080/09500693.2013.827816
Popis:	We describe the implementation of a specially designed teaching innovation, embedded in the context of energy, for the promotion of specific aspects of the nature of science (NOS). We present empirical results from the implementation of the teaching and learning materials in three intact sixth-grade classes that involved a total of 64 students. We report on students' learning gains and we discuss the ensuing implications for teaching and learning with an emphasis on epistemic ideas. The integration of activities promoting understandings of energy and specific aspects of the NOS seems to work well in impacting on students' epistemic awareness. The findings reveal interesting aspects about the interplay between understandings of energy and the NOS. The article also illustrates that it is possible to teach productively specific aspects of a consensus view of the NOS from a fairly young age without having to rely on advanced science knowledge or explore the intricacies and differentiations across science disciplines. 36 5 755 782 Cited By :4
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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