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Direct linkGonzález-García, Francisco José; Blanco-López, Ángel; España-Ramos, Enrique; Franco-Mariscal, Antonio-Joaquín – Research in Science Education, 2021
The relationship between science and society has, for many years, been the subject of debate in different fields, and various proposals have been made regarding the kind of science education that citizens require. The present study considers an understanding of the nature of science (NOS) to be one of the key competences that citizens should…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Citizenship Education
García-Carmona, Antonio – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021
The global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to a plethora of information published in the media. Conceived as a socioscientific issue of great relevance currently, this article highlight the educational potential of some media news about the pandemic to reflect and learn about the nature of science (NOS). To this end, a…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science and Society, Critical Reading, Reflection
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
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
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
Vazquez-Alonso, Angel; Garcia-Carmona, Antonio; Manassero-Mas, Maria Antonia; Bennassar-Roig, Antoni – Research in Science Education, 2013
This paper describes Spanish science teachers' thinking about issues concerning the nature of science (NOS) and the relationships connecting science, technology, and society (STS). The sample consisted of 774 in-service and pre-service teachers. The participants responded to a selection of items from the Questionnaire of Opinions on Science,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science and Society
Ibanez-Orcajo, M. Teresa; Martinez-Aznar, M. Mercedes – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Numerous investigations show that most school science teaching, in Spain and elsewhere, implicitly transmits an inductivist and very stereotyped view of science and conveys an unrealistic image of scientific work. We present some results of an investigation with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 year olds) who were taught…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Investigations, Experimental Groups
