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Celik, Suat; Bayrakceken, Samih – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an activity-based explicit nature of science (NOS) instruction undertaken in the context of a "Science, Technology and Society" course on the prospective science teachers' (PSTs') understandings of NOS. In this course, social science based inquiry activities were used to as a context…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Scientific Principles, Active Learning, Interviews
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Celik, Suat; Bayrakceken, Samih – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2006
The aim of this study is to assess prospective teachers' views of some aspects of the nature of science (NOS) and the effects of a "Science, Technology and Society" (STS) course embedded with scientific investigation (SI) on these views. A questionnaire consisting of 13 items was given to 212 prospective teachers enrolled in a STS course…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Questionnaires