In the so-called “post-truth” world, there exists widespread confusion and disagreement over
what is known, how to know, and who to trust. Current education has largely failed to meet …

The prospective virtues of using history and philosophy of science in science teaching have
been pronounced for decades. Recently, a role for nature of science in supporting scientific …

Research has now demonstrated that students can learn nature of science concepts
variously through student‐led investigations, contemporary cases, and historical cases …

This chapter briefly traces the history of nature of science (NOS) orientations in science
education, notes some differences in the way NOS is defined and in arguments used to …

Wir haben dieses Buch Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften genannt und lehnen uns damit
an eines der Hauptwerke von Martin Wagenschein an: Die Pädagogische Dimension der …

Understanding the nature of science (NOS) has long been a desired outcome of science
education, despite ongoing disagreements about the content, structure, and focus of NOS …

This chapter summarizes the extensive literature related to NOS instruction, emphasizes
research-based NOS instructional decision-making, and discusses challenges related to …

In addition to considering sociocultural, political, economic, and ethical factors (to name a
few), effectively engaging socioscientific issues (SSI) requires that students understand and …

Science and storytelling mean different things when they speak of truth. This difference
leads some to blame storytelling for presenting a distorted view of science and contributing …

Understanding nature of science (NOS) is widely considered an important educational
objective and views of NOS are closely linked to science teaching and learning. Thus there …