Advanced Science Students' Understandings on Nature of Science in Finland

Autor/inn/en	Sormunen, Kari; Köksal, Mustafa Serdar
Titel	Advanced Science Students' Understandings on Nature of Science in Finland
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 3 (2014) 4, S.167-176 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Scientific Attitudes; Epistemology; Science Education; Advanced Students; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Observation; Inferences; Creativity; Knowledge Level; Scientific Literacy; Grade 9; Secondary School Students; Learning Motivation; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Erkenntnistheorie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Fortgeschrittener; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Beobachtung; Inference; Inferenz; Kreativität; Wissensbasis; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sekundarschüler; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Finnland
Abstract	Majority of NOS studies comprise of determination or assessment studies conducted with ordinary students. In order to gain further understanding on variation in NOS understandings among the students, there should be different research attempts focusing on unconventional students such as academically advanced students. The purpose of this study is to determine epistemological understanding of Finnish academically advanced science students concerning aspects of NOS. The study was a case study (N = 39) conducted with qualitative perspective. Questionnaires 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 diagnostic tools and data collection instruments. The study revealed that the majority of the students were found to be naïve in aspects such as "empirical basis of science", "observation and inference", "subjectivity of scientists", "social and cultural embeddedness", "creativity in science", "theories and laws" and "tentativeness". [This paper was presented at the 11th International and 6th Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, 1-5 July 2011, Aristotale University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01