There is widespread agreement that an adequate understanding of the nature of science
(NOS) is a critical component of scientific literacy and a major goal in science education …

The prospective virtues of using history and philosophy of science in science teaching have
been pronounced for decades. Recently, a role for nature of science in supporting scientific …

The chapter sets out the agenda for the entire book. The primary aim is to illustrate the
context for the articulation of how “Nature of Science”(NOS) can be conceptualized and …

Epistemic practices are the socially organized and interactionally accomplished ways that
members of a group propose, communicate, assess, and legitimize knowledge claims …

In this chapter, I describe the call for the use of problem-centered instructional approaches in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. I note the rationale …

Our focus is on the effects that dated ideas about the nature of science (NOS) have on
curriculum, instruction and assessments. First we examine historical developments in …

Socio-scientific teaching and learning (SSI-TL) has been suggested as an effective
approach for supporting meaningful learning in school contexts; however, limited tools exist …

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 …

Teaching about nature of science (NOS) is considered as an important goal of science
education in various countries. Extensive empirical research about how some aspects of …

Research has now demonstrated that students can learn nature of science concepts
variously through student‐led investigations, contemporary cases, and historical cases …