Nature of Sciece: conceptions of pre-service teachers in Exact Sciences course

• Grant number: 09/01113-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2009
• End date: August 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Cibelle Celestino Silva
• Grantee: Anita Domingues Queiroz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project is inserted in a broader international science teaching research context, the teaching of Nature of Science (NOS) aspects. To develop it, the student will study some of main epistemological interpretations currently accepted about on the nature of scientific knowledge. Researches on students and teachers conceptions on NOS will also be studied. In particular, this proposal will search conceptions about the nature of science of beginners and concluders students in a Science Teaching training course using internationally validated research instruments.