Advanced Science Students' Understanding on Nature of Science in Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Köksal, Mustafa Serdar; Sormunen, Kari
Titel	Advanced Science Students' Understanding on Nature of Science in Turkey
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 15 (2014) 1, Artikel 9 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Scientific Principles; Science Education; Qualitative Research; Epistemology; High School Students; Academically Gifted; Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Scientific Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Scientific Literacy; Motivation; Case Studies; Factor Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Qualitative Forschung; Erkenntnistheorie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Faktorenanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	Nature of science (NOS), as an aspect of informed decision making about science related issues in daily life, is frequently emphasised when reform and the curriculum are in question. When reflecting on studies done on the subject, it comes apparent that the majority of them comprise of determination or assessment studies conducted with traditional groups. In order to gain further understanding, there should be more comprehensive research approaches with non-traditional groups such as academically advanced students. The aim of this study is to determine epistemological understanding of academically advanced science students concerning aspects of the NOS. The study was a case study conducted with qualitative perspective. A questionnaire on the students' attitude toward science and motivation toward science learning plus a form for the teacher's ideas and VNOS-C, were used as instruments. The study revealed that the majority of the students were found to be naïve in aspects such as "observation and inference", "social and cultural embeddedness" and "theories and laws" whereas the majority of them were expert in aspects of "tentativeness" and "subjectivity". (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10