Students’ understanding about nature of science: analysis of current situations and perspectives

Authors

  • Antonio García-Carmona Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias. Universidad de Sevilla
  • Ángel Vázquez-Alonso Departamento de Pedagogía Aplicada y Psicología de la Educación. Universidad de las Islas Baleares
  • María Antonia Manassero-Mas Departamento de Psicología. Universidad de las Islas Baleares

Abstract

This paper aims to perform a review of present literature with regard to: a) main difficulties and theoretical positioning for teaching Nature of Science (NOS), and b) empirical evidences provided by researches performed in the present decade about students’ understanding of NOS. All this is done in order to surmise some future perspectives from the present situation.

Keywords

Science education, Scientific literacy, Students’ understanding of nature of science, Teaching about nature of science

Author Biography

Antonio García-Carmona, Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias. Universidad de Sevilla

Profesor del Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, Universidad de Sevilla

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/ec/v30n1.442

Published

2012-02-28

How to Cite

García-Carmona, A., Vázquez-Alonso, Ángel, & Manassero-Mas, M. A. (2012). Students’ understanding about nature of science: analysis of current situations and perspectives. Enseñanza De Las Ciencias. Revista De investigación Y Experiencias didácticas, 30(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/ec/v30n1.442

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