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Peer reviewedCobern, William W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
American preservice science teachers' responses on Kimball's Nature of Science Survey (NOSS) were used as a basis for analyzing the sense of the nature of science held by a group of Nigerian preservice science teachers. The differences between the two groups and implications for international scientific cooperation are discussed. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
A Cooperative Research Group for the Study of Culture and Science Education in Developing Countries.
Download full textCobern, William W. – 1993
In the West, science is assumed to be an integral part of Western culture. What interests Western educators and policy makers is achievement in science, particularly the comparative achievement in science among students of different Western nations plus Japan. Americans are constantly asking whether or not our students know as much science as…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Developing Nations
