Beyond Physics Content Knowledge

Modeling Competence Regarding Nature of Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Scientific Knowledge

By (author) Irene Neumann

Book cover: Beyond Physics Content Knowledge

Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin

Subjects: Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Series: Studien zum Physik- und Chemielernen

Series volume number: 117

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2011)

ISBN: 9783832528805

5.71 x 8.27 inches

Price: $56.00

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In contemporary science education research, an adequate understanding of the `nature of science’ is regarded an important aspect of scientific literacy and, thus, a central goal of science education. At present, German science education standards only implicitly include nature of science aspects, yet. This dissertation project, therefore, aims to provide a first approach to include nature of science in the German science education standards. At the core of this dissertation, a theoretical model of competence is derived which defines competence regarding nature of science and distinguishes between Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI) and Nature of Scientific Knowledge (NOS). Two studies were conducted to investigate the theoretical model’s empirical validity. The studies included investigating the model’s inner structure, a discrimination against control variables as well as a comparison of German and U.S. students.

  • By (author) Irene Neumann