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Manassero-Mas, María-Antonia; Vázquez-Alonso, Ángel – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2021
Nature of science (NOS) is a key component of scientific literacy, so science teacher education on NOS is critical to ensure students' scientific literacy. According to mainstream NOS literature, explicit and reflective interventions are recommended to effectively teach NOS. This paper presents an experience for the initial education of secondary…
Descriptors: Science Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Young Adults
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Vázquez-Alonso, Ángel; García-Carmona, Antonio; Manassero-Mas, María Antonia; Bennàssar-Roig, Antoni – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Spanish students' beliefs on themes of Science-Technology-Society (STS) and nature of science (NOS) are assessed. The sample consisted of 1050 science and non-science students who had concluded their pre-university education (18-19 years old). Each participant anonymously answered 30 items drawn from the Questionnaire of Opinions on Science,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Science and Society, Student Attitudes
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Vazquez-Alonso, Angel; Garcia-Carmona, Antonio; Manassero-Mas, Maria Antonia; Bennassar-Roig, Antoni – Science & Education, 2013
This study analyzes the beliefs about science-technology-society, and other Nature of Science (NOS) themes, of a large sample (613) of Spanish pre- and in-service secondary education teachers through their responses to 30 items of the Questionnaire of Opinions on Science, Technology and Society. The data were processed by means of a multiple…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles