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Conceptions about the nature of science in biology undergraduate courses

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dc.creator Neusa Maria John Scheid
dc.creator Nadir Ferrari
dc.creator Demétrio Delizoicov
dc.date 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:10:50Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:10:50Z
dc.identifier 1518-8795
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/e2c99371a35b4fc08ef86863e51ed672
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13953
dc.description The aim of this paper is to characterize the conceptions about Science held by undergraduate Biology students. The methodology involved the production and application of a questionnaire as well as interviews. Problem situations, involving molecular biology were used. The results indicate that the students identify the work of scientists as the discovery of the truth, or the laws of nature, They believe in science as neutral observation and experimentation, that is, they present a inductivist and empiricist vision of science, not compromised with theory. Rather than consider the collective character of the scientific knowledge, they attribute the scientific productions to individuals, and find it difficult to distinguish between model and reality. These findings were analised by using the categories active conexions, passive conexions and collective thought, of Ludwik Fleck and are possibly due to the absence of epistemology discussions during pre service courses. These discussions could help understanding the complexities of the production of scientific facts. We consider that misconceptions about Science have, as a consequence, difficulties with teaching polemic issues, such as the ones related to molecular biology and argue that epistemology and history of science must be part of science teachers pre service education.
dc.language Portuguese
dc.language Spanish
dc.publisher Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.relation http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID166/v12_n2_a2007.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1518-8795
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 157-181 (2007)
dc.subject Nature of science
dc.subject teacher education
dc.subject epistemology
dc.subject Ludwik Fleck
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.title Conceptions about the nature of science in biology undergraduate courses
dc.type article


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