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"A Ton of Faith in Science!" Nature and Role of Assumptions in, and Ideas about, Science and Epistemology Generated upon Watching a Sci-Fi Film
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Myers, John Y.; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This study (i) explicates the sorts of ideas about science and the nature of knowing that were generated among participant graduate students who viewed the sci-fi film, "Contact," and (ii) examines the interactions between these ideas and ontic stances with which participants approached viewing the film. Eleven doctoral students of…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Films, Science Instruction, Epistemology