TY - JOUR
T1 - A research-informed instructional unit to teach the nature of science to pre-service science teachers
AU - Adúriz-Bravo, Agustín
AU - Izquierdo-Aymerich, Mercè
PY - 2009/8/1
Y1 - 2009/8/1
N2 - In this paper we discuss the foundations and process of design of a research-informed instructional unit aimed for pre-service science teacher education. The unit covers some key ideas on the nature of science (around methodology, theory change, scientific inference and explanation, values, gender issues) anchoring them in a well-known episode from the history of science-the 'discovery' of radium by the Curies. Such episode is mainly examined as reconstructed in the 1997 French commercial film 'Les Palmes de Monsieur Schutz'. Pre-service science teachers are required to solve three tasks, individually and in small groups; those tasks are respectively centred around: (1) the distinction between 'discovering' and 'inventing'; (2) scientific modelling via abduction; and (3) the extended hagiographic treatment of the figure of Madame Curie. Plenary debates around the tasks aim at acquainting pre-service science teachers with some powerful concepts of twentieth century philosophy of science. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.
AB - In this paper we discuss the foundations and process of design of a research-informed instructional unit aimed for pre-service science teacher education. The unit covers some key ideas on the nature of science (around methodology, theory change, scientific inference and explanation, values, gender issues) anchoring them in a well-known episode from the history of science-the 'discovery' of radium by the Curies. Such episode is mainly examined as reconstructed in the 1997 French commercial film 'Les Palmes de Monsieur Schutz'. Pre-service science teachers are required to solve three tasks, individually and in small groups; those tasks are respectively centred around: (1) the distinction between 'discovering' and 'inventing'; (2) scientific modelling via abduction; and (3) the extended hagiographic treatment of the figure of Madame Curie. Plenary debates around the tasks aim at acquainting pre-service science teachers with some powerful concepts of twentieth century philosophy of science. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.
U2 - 10.1007/s11191-009-9189-3
DO - 10.1007/s11191-009-9189-3
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 1177
EP - 1192
JO - Science and Education
JF - Science and Education
SN - 0926-7220
IS - 9
ER -