NATURE OF SCIENCE, MODELS AND EARTH STRUCTURE MODELS: PORTUGUESE PROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS' VIEWS

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Torres, (Author) Other; Moura, R (Author) FCUP; Vasconcelos, C (Author) Other; Amador, (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: GEOCONFERENCE ON ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION, SGEM 2013, VOL II

Pages: 461-468

13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference, SGEM 2013

Albena, BULGARIA, JUN 16-22, 2013

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Educational sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-68F

DOI: 10.5593/sgem2013/be5.v2/s22.015

Abstract (EN): Student knowledge of Nature of Science (NOS) is an important and critical issue to their understanding of science, as well as to the development of scientific literacy. In the same way, the ability to use and generate models is central to scientific literacy and to the learning of science. Having this in mind, and recognizing that teachers' views and practices strongly influence students' learning, we intended to evaluate Portuguese prospective science teachers' (PPST) views of Nature of Science (NOS), models and earth structure models. A questionnaire, focused on those aspects, was applied to 19 prospective science teachers at the University of Porto. In general, the majority of the participants revealed correct perceptions about those issues. However, some inconsistences and alternative conceptions were found.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8