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What "Ideas-about-Science" Should Be Taught in School Science? A Chemistry Teachers' Perspective
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Niaz, Mansoor – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
The objective of this study is to facilitate in-service chemistry teachers' understanding of nature of science and what "ideas-about-science" can be included in the classroom. The study is based on 17 in-service teachers who had registered for a 11-week course on "Epistemology of Science Teaching" as part of their Master's degree program. The…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Scientific Principles, Criticism, Chemistry
Whither Constructivism?--A Chemistry Teachers' Perspective
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Niaz, Mansoor – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
Constructivism in science education has been the subject of considerable debate in the science education literature. The purpose of this study was to facilitate chemistry teachers' understanding that the tentative nature of scientific knowledge leads to the coexistence and rivalries among different forms of constructivism in science education. The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Models, Scientific Principles, Criticism