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Huling, Milton – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Unfortunately, for the most part, teachers do not teach the Nature of Science (NOS). Even when teachers have adequate NOS knowledge, their knowledge still does not make its way into practice. While there are various reasons for this happening, this study has isolated other, more typical, constraints to teaching in order to look more closely at the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Grade 6
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Erten, Sinan; Kiray, S. Ahmet; Sen-Gümüs, Betül – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2013
This study was conducted to determine whether a lesson, in which context-based learning approach and scientific stories were used, changed students' (aged 11-12) stereotypical images of science and scientists. Data was collected from two separate sources: Interviews conducted with six students and Draw a Scientist Test (DAST) document that was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Work Environment, Elementary School Students