Contributions of the family resemblance approach to nature of science in science education: A review of emergent research and development

S Erduran, ZR Dagher, CV McDonald - Science & Education, 2019 - Springer
The emergence of the Family Resemblance Approach (FRA) to nature of science (NOS) has
prompted a fresh wave of scholarship embracing this new approach in science education …

A systematic review of research on family resemblance approach to nature of science in science education

KKC Cheung, S Erduran - Science & Education, 2023 - Springer
The paper reports about the outcome of a systematic review of research on family
resemblance approach (FRA) to nature of science in (NOS) science education. FRA is a …

The nature of STEM disciplines in the science education standards documents from the USA, Korea and Taiwan: Focusing on disciplinary aims, values and practices

W Park, JY Wu, S Erduran - Science & Education, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the nature of science (NOS) has emerged as a core curricular goal since at
least the 1960s. While science education reforms around the world have shed light on …

A framework for epistemological discussion on integrated STEM education

J Ortiz-Revilla, A Adúriz-Bravo, IM Greca - Science & Education, 2020 - Springer
In primary and secondary schools, the disciplines encompassed in “STEM”—Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—have usually been studied as separate …

A theoretical framework for integrated STEM education

J Ortiz-Revilla, IM Greca, I Arriassecq - Science & Education, 2022 - Springer
For several decades there has been a broad consensus on the need to promote scientific
literacy and, ultimately, to promote the full development of student competency from an early …

Reconceptualised family resemblance approach to nature of science in pre-service science teacher education

E Kaya, S Erduran, B Aksoz, S Akgun - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A recent framework on nature of science (NOS) is the Family Resemblance
Approach (FRA). FRA presents NOS as a cognitive-epistemic and social-institutional system …

Humanising the nature of science: an analysis of the science curriculum in Norway

SM Mork, BS Haug, Ø Sørborg… - … Journal of Science …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
If students are to acquire deep learning in science, they need to know about the nature of
science (NOS), particularly not only the cognitive-epistemic but also the social-institutional …

Mapping the nature of science in the Italian physics curriculum: from missing links to opportunities for reform

M Caramaschi, A Cullinane, O Levrini… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The article describes the analysis of the Italian physics curriculum documents in terms of the
coverage of nature of science (NOS). NOS is not explicitly presented as part of the Italian …

How do university students perceive the nature of science?

S Akgun, E Kaya - Science & Education, 2020 - Springer
The paper presents an empirical study on university students' perceptions of nature of
science (NOS). NOS is framed in terms of the cognitive, epistemic, and social-institutional …

Nature of science in preservice science teacher education–Case studies of Irish pre-service science teachers

A Cullinane, S Erduran - Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Understanding Nature of Science (NOS) is a requisite for improving scientific
literacy, and as such, it is increasingly being included in science curricula worldwide. It is …