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García-Carmona, Antonio – Science & Education, 2022
The obstacles and difficulties that science teachers face when teaching the nature of science (NOS) are well-known. Nonetheless, little is known of what science teacher educators (STEs) know, do, and think about this issue. Thus, a study with 142 Spanish STEs was conducted. This was aimed at analysing (i) what preparation the STEs have to teach…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Teacher Educators
García-Carmona, Antonio; Acevedo-Díaz, José Antonio – Science & Education, 2018
There is, broadly speaking, an agreement within the international science education community that comprehension of the nature of science (NOS) should be a key element in the scientific literacy of citizens. During the last few decades, several didactic approaches have emerged concerning what and how to teach NOS. Also, one of the basic objectives…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
García-Carmona, Antonio; Acevedo-Díaz, José Antonio – Science & Education, 2017
This article presents a qualitative study, descriptive-interpretive in profile, of the effectiveness in learning about the nature of science (NOS) of an activity relating to the historical controversy between Pasteur and Liebig on fermentation. The activity was implemented during a course for pre-service secondary science teachers (PSSTs)…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientists, Scientific Concepts, Qualitative Research
García-Carmona, Antonio; Acevedo Díaz, José Antonio – Science & Education, 2016
This article presents a study aiming at assessing the efficacy of reading newspaper articles with scientific content in order to incorporate nature of science (NOS) aspects in initial primary teacher education. To this aim, a short teaching intervention based on newspaper articles was planned and performed under regular class conditions. First,…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Newspapers, Journal Articles, Preservice Teacher Education