1. Indagación reflexiva e historia de la ciencia para construir una visión adecuada sobre a naturaleza de la ciencia en formación inicial de profesorado.
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Huesa, Cristina Cobo, Ariza, Marta Romero, and Gallego, Ana María Abril
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SCIENCE education , *PRIMARY school teachers , *HISTORY of science , *INQUIRY-based learning , *EDUCATIONAL quality , *EFFECTIVE teaching - Abstract
The education of scientific literate citizens requires an effective teaching on the complex scientific endeavor and its implication on society. Consequently, the improvement of the quality of scientific education from this perspective should be addressed from initial teacher education. This research article presents and discusses the changes observed in undergraduate Primary School teachers' views about key aspects of the Nature of Science (NOS), after the application of a didactic proposal based on the history of science, which integrates inquiry processes into different learning scenarios, using an explicit and reflective approach. Progress in the conceptions of the participants is shown through the effect size statistic. Results shows a positive evolution in aspects related to the epistemological and sociological dimensions of the NOS in the participants when compared to the control group, which provide evidence of the utility of the intervention to improve initial teacher education in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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