Socio-scientific controversies and beginning teachers’ pedagogical practice

dc.creator	Pedro Reis
dc.creator	Cecília Galvão
dc.date	2005-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:19:43Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:19:43Z
dc.identifier	1518-8795
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/bda870d5db7842849638bea366be4268
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19848
dc.description	The current investigation aimed to study the impact of recent socio-scientific controversies, made public through the media, on the concepts and practices of a group of Natural Science teachers at the start of their careers. This study is particularly relevant at a time that is heavily marked by much debate regarding the social and environmental impact of several scientific and technological innovations and by the implementation of new science curricula, that stress the importance of discussing socio-scientific controversies in the context of students’ scientific alphabetisation (namely in their understanding of the nature of science and its relation to society and culture) (McComas, 2000). This investigation followed an interpretative approach of a qualitative nature. Through the construction of case studies, it sought to analyse the possible impact of socio-scientific controversies on the teachers’ concepts (about the nature, teaching and learning of science) and pedagogic practice. For data collection semi-structured interviews were conducted and classes observed.The controversial issues raised by certain recent technological innovations – namely the environmental, social and cultural impact they may have – did have an impact on the teachers’ concepts about the nature, teaching and learning of science. Besides reinforcing the duality of feelings as regards science and technology, as a source of both progress and concern, they triggered in these teachers the idea of the need for a widespread scientific alphabetisation that empowers the population for understanding and deciding and acting upon these issues. However, the concept of scientific alphabetisation and the best way to achieve it vary among the teachers participating in this study.
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_ID126/v10_n2_a2005.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1518-8795
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 131-160 (2005)
dc.subject	science teaching
dc.subject	science
dc.subject	technology and society (STS)
dc.subject	socio-scientific controversies
dc.subject	conceptions
dc.subject	teaching practices
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	Socio-scientific controversies and beginning teachers’ pedagogical practice
dc.type	article