Publicação: Volume 35, Number 2,
1 January 2013 , pp. 335-355(21)
Título do artigo: Realising the Potential of
an Authentic Context to Understand the Characteristics of NOS and NOT: You, me
and UV
Autores: Heap, Rena; France, Bev
Abstract:
A group of preservice primary teachers (46) in
their third year of a Bachelor of Education degree were overtly taught the
nature of science (NOS) and nature of technology (NOT) within an authentic
context of the issues of UV radiation. The research question asked was, ‘What
characteristics of NOS and NOT are identified, illustrated and justified within
an authentic context by the preservice teachers?’ This context was accessed via
a web-based resource, ‘You, Me and UV’ (www.sciencelearn.org.nz), which
provided preservice teachers with virtual access to the science research
community. The goal of this research was to explore the potential of providing
a virtual authentic resource, accompanied by explicit teaching of NOS and NOT,
to develop preservice teachers' understandings of NOS and NOT. A data
collection instrument where preservice teachers were required not only to
identify examples of NOS and NOT, but also to justify and contextualise them
from this context, was able to capture their level of understanding. It also
showed the potential of an authentic context and the possibilities of a virtual
resource to provide access to communities of practice of science and technology
research.
Keywords: Authentic context; Authentic learning; Nature of science; Nature of technology; Teacher education; Virtual resource
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