Science teachers’ conceptions of nature of science: The case of Bangladesh

dc.creator	Md. Mahbub Alam SARKAR
dc.creator	Jui Judith GOMES
dc.date	2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:28Z
dc.identifier	1609-4913
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9c07fcf6943a4843815babc939d6634a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26941
dc.description	This study explored Bangladeshi science teachers’ conceptions of nature of science (NOS) with a particular focus on the nature of (a) scientific knowledge, (b) scientific inquiry and (c) scientific enterprise. The tentative, inferential, subjective and creative NOS, in addition to the myths of the scientific method and experimentation, the nature of scientific laws and theories, the social and cultural embeddedness, and cooperation and collaboration in science were considered in the conceptual framework. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected concurrently using the Myths of Science Questionnaire (MOSQ) from 145 science teachers. Results showed that the majority of the teachers in this study held uninformed conceptions about most of the target NOS aspects. Also, an inconsistent response pattern was revealed in teachers’ response to the aspects directly related NOS. The results suggest that further research is required to better understand how Bangladeshi teachers model NOS in their classes and how the pedagogies of teacher education inform this modelling.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation	http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v11_issue1/sarkar/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source	Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 5 (2010)
dc.subject	Nature of science
dc.subject	teachers' conception
dc.subject	science teaching
dc.subject	Bangladesh
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
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	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Science teachers’ conceptions of nature of science: The case of Bangladesh
dc.type	article