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Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education: Why Does it Matter?
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Dagher, Zoubeida R.; Erduran, Sibel – Science & Education, 2016
Two fundamental questions about science are relevant for science educators: (a) What is the nature of science? and (b) what aspects of nature of science should be taught and learned? They are fundamental because they pertain to how science gets to be framed as a school subject and determines what aspects of it are worthy of inclusion in school…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Scientific Attitudes, Science Curriculum
Regaining Focus in Irish Junior Cycle Science: Potential New Directions for Curriculum and Assessment on Nature of Science
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Erduran, Sibel; Dagher, Zoubeida R. – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
The Irish national discourse on curriculum and assessment reform at the Junior Cycle level has been fraught with controversy in the past two years. The introduction of the new curriculum and assessment framework in 2012 by the then Minister of Education, Ruairi Quinn has led to significant media coverage and teacher union response. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction