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Advances in Nature of Science Research Myint Swe Khine Editor Advances in Nature of Science Research Concepts and Methodologies Foreword by Richard K. Coll 123 Editor MyintSweKhine BahrainTeachersCollege UniversityofBahrain KingdomofBahrain [email protected] ISBN978-94-007-2456-3 e-ISBN978-94-007-2457-0 DOI10.1007/978-94-007-2457-0 SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2011938137 ©SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2012 Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwritten permissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurpose ofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Foreword Interest in, and debate about, the Nature of Science (NoS) is so prevalent nowa- daysitiseasytoforgetthateducationresearchandscholarlydebateabouttheNoS has persisted for more than 50 years. Despite this NoS is, if anything, increasing inimportance,becauseknowledgeofNoSisnecessarytobecomescientificallylit- erate. In my view NoS and scientific literacy are the science education issues of our time because of the impact of science on everyday life. Like it or not, science impacts upon the lives of us all, in sometimes alarming ways. This latter observa- tionoffersinsightsintopublicuneaseaboutscienceandtheusetowhichitisput.I suggestthenthateachandeverycitizenneedstounderstandNoSatsomelevel,and thisshouldbeakeyoutputofscienceeducation.Thisbookcapturescontemporary debateaboutNoSbyworldexperts.Itishighlytopicalandrefreshinglychallenging initsapproach,yetremarkablyreadable.Itisfarmorethanacriticalreviewofthe “stateoftheart”forNoS.TheauthorschallengeourpreconceptionsaboutNoS,and challengeustoaddressourteachingofNoS.Thescopeofthebookisimpressive. Moreimpressivestillisthesynthesisoftheseideaswhichresultsinaholisticpic- ture of the NoS. To provide us with a comprehensive picture of NoS is one thing; tounderstandhowwemightteachNoSisanothermatterentirely.Modernscience teachersgettoldthisorthatissueissoveryimportant.Alltoofrequentlythereislit- tleguidanceastohowonemightincorporatetopicsofNoSorscientificliteracyinto an already crowded curriculum. This book provides researchers and teachers with genuine insights as to current issues in teaching NoS, and consolidates contempo- rarythinkingaboutNoS.ItthushelpsusunderstandNoSinahighlysophisticated wayandgivesasoundsteerastohowwecanusethisunderstandinginourteaching practice. UniversityofWaikato, Hamilton,NewZealand RichardK.Coll v Contents PartI ConceptualIssuesintheNatureofScienceResearch 1 Changing the Focus: From Nature of Science (NOS) toFeaturesofScience(FOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MichaelR.Matthews 2 Perceptual,Attentional,andCognitiveHeuristicsThat InteractwiththeNatureofSciencetoComplicatePublic UnderstandingofScience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TinaA.Grotzer,RebeccaB.Miller,andRebeccaA.Lincoln 3 The Natures of Scientific Thinking: Creativity as the Handmaiden to Logic in the Development of Public andPersonalKnowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 KeithS.Taber 4 The Bounded Nature of Science: An Effective Tool inanEquitableApproachtotheTeachingofScience . . . . . . . . 75 SherryA.Southerland,BarryGolden,andPatrickEnderle 5 Why the Study of Pseudoscience Should Be Included inNatureofScienceStudies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 RonaldGood 6 The Status of the Nature of Science in Science EducationinLebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 SaoumaBouJaoudeandGarineSantourian PartII MethodologicalAdvancesintheNatureofScienceResearch 7 TeachingandLearningofNatureofScienceandScientific Inquiry: Building Capacity Through Systematic Research-BasedProfessionalDevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 JudithS.Lederman,NormanG.Lederman,ByoungSugKim, andEunKyungKo vii viii Contents 8 TheNatureofScientists’NatureofScienceViews . . . . . . . . . . 153 Renee’Schwartz 9 TheNatureofScienceortheNatureofTeachers:Beginning ScienceTeachers’UnderstandingofNOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 JonahB.Firestone,SissyS.Wong,JulieA.Luft,andDerekFay 10 Learning About Nature of Science in Undergraduate BiologyLaboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 ElisabethE.SchusslerandNazanU.Bautista 11 Beyond Understanding: Process Skills as a Context forNatureofScienceInstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 RandyL.Bell,BridgetK.Mulvey,andJenniferL.Maeng 12 Impact of a Nature of Science and Science Education CourseonTeachers’NatureofScienceClassroomPractices . . . . 247 MichaelP.CloughandJoanneK.Olson Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Contributors NazanU.Bautista DepartmentofTeacherEducation,MiamiUniversity,Oxford, OH45056,USA,[email protected] RandyL.Bell UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA,USA,[email protected] SaoumaBouJaoude ScienceandMathEducationCenter,AmericanUniversity ofBeirut,Beirut,Lebanon,[email protected] MichaelP.Clough CenterforExcellenceinScience,Mathematicsand EngineeringEducation,IowaStateUniversity,Ames,IA50011,USA, [email protected] PatrickEnderle FloridaStateUniversity,Tallahassee,FL,USA, [email protected] DerekFay FultonTeachersCollege,ArizonaStateUniversity,Phoenix,AZ, USA,[email protected] JonahB.Firestone FultonTeachersCollege,ArizonaStateUniversity,Phoenix, AZ85069,USA,jonah.fi[email protected] BarryGolden UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN,USA,[email protected] RonalGood ScienceEducation,LouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,LA, USA,[email protected] TinaA.Grotzer HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA,USA, [email protected] ByoungSugKim DepartmentofCurriculumStudies,RooseveltUniversity, Chicago,IL60603,USA,[email protected] EunKyungKo DepartmentofElementaryEducation,National-LouisUniversity, Chicago,IL60603,USA,[email protected] JudithS.Lederman DepartmentofMathematicsandScienceEducation,Illinois InstituteofTechnology,Chicago,IL60616,USA,[email protected] ix x Contributors NormanG.Lederman DepartmentofMathematicsandScienceEducation, IllinoisInstituteofTechnology,Chicago,IL60616,USA,[email protected] RebeccaA.Lincoln HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA,USA, [email protected] JulieA.Luft SchoolofLifeSciencesandFultonTeachersCollege,ArizonaState University,Phoenix,AZ,USA,[email protected] JenniferL.Maeng UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA,USA, [email protected] MichaelR.Matthews SchoolofEducation,UniversityofNewSouthWales, Sydney,NSW,Australia,[email protected] RebeccaB.Miller HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA,USA, [email protected] BridgetK.Mulvey UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA,USA, [email protected] JoanneK.Olson CenterforExcellenceinScience,MathematicsandEngineering Education,IowaStateUniversity,Ames,IA50011,USA,[email protected] GarineSantourian AmericanUniversityofBeirut,Beirut,Lebanon, [email protected] ElisabethE.Schussler DepartmentofEcologyandEvolutionaryBiology, UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN37996-1610,USA,[email protected] Renee’Schwartz DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,MallinsonInstitutefor ScienceEducation,WesternMichiganUniversity,Kalamazoo,MI49008,USA, [email protected] SherryA.Southerland CollegeofEducation,FloridaStateUniversity, Tallahassee,FL,USA,[email protected] KeithS.Taber FacultyofEducation,UniversityofCambridge,Cambridge,UK, [email protected] SissyS.Wong CollegeofEducation,UniversityofHouston,Houston,TX,USA, [email protected] Part I Conceptual Issues in the Nature of Science Research
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