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Autor/inn/en | Hansson, Lena; Leden, Lotta; Pendrill, Ann-Marie |
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Titel | Contemporary Science as Context for Teaching Nature of Science: Teachers' Development of Popular Science Articles as a Teaching Resource |
Quelle | In: Physics Education, 54 (2019) 5, Artikel 055008 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Hansson, Lena) ORCID (Leden, Lotta) ORCID (Pendrill, Ann-Marie) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0031-9120 |
Schlagwörter | Scientific Principles; Journal Articles; Physics; Science Instruction; Scientific Research; Secondary School Science; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Teachers; Inservice Teacher Education; Sweden |
Abstract | Most of the physics (as well as the other sciences) taught in school can be described as well-established or consensus science. This is the kind of science knowledge that was mostly developed over a century ago. The inclusion of contemporary science research in compulsory school science teaching could be justified from a variety of reasons: increasing students' interest and motivation; providing insights into modern research practice; and as a frame for teaching nature of science (NOS) perspectives. The present article focuses on the latter--contemporary science as a means to teach NOS. The article builds on data from an in-service teacher training course that focused on ways to include contemporary science in lower secondary physics education. Each course participant chose a research area, interviewed a scientist, and wrote a popular science article based on the interview. The article was written with secondary students (13-15 years old) as a target audience. By the end of the course the participants designed, implemented and evaluated a teaching unit which was based on the popular science article. The present article analyses what NOS perspectives that have been included in the popular science articles. The results show a high diversity of NOS aspects, which indicate a great potential for taking contemporary science research as a starting point for NOS teaching. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |