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ERIC Number: EJ882926
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0263-5143
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Epistemology and Science Education: A Study of Epistemological Views of Teachers
Apostolou, Alexandros; Koulaidis, Vasilis
Research in Science & Technological Education, v28 n2 p149-166 Jul 2010
The aim of this paper is to study the epistemological views of science teachers for the following epistemological issues: scientific method, demarcation of scientific knowledge, change of scientific knowledge and the status of scientific knowledge. Teachers' views for each one of these epistemological questions were investigated during semi-structured interviews. These issues were studied according to the following epistemological positions: empirico-inductivism, hypothetico-deductivism, contextualism and relativism. In general, the analysis of the interviews showed that a mixture of empirico-inductive and contextualist positions were dominant among science teachers for most epistemological issues. The hypothetico-deductive views appeared to have little support. For the question of scientific method teachers appear to have eclectic views. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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