Teaching Science, Technology, Society and Environment (STSE) Education

2003 ◽  
pp. 219-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erminia Pedretti
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Science ◽  
Science Technology Society ◽  
Science Technology

scholarly journals A science-technology-society approach to teacher education for the foundation phase: Students’ empiricist views

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Kok
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Elementary Science ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Science Technology Society ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Science Concepts

<p>Teacher education for South African foundation phase education requires student<br />teachers to be prepared for teaching science concepts in an integrated programme in a<br />learning area known as life skills . This study examined the challenges faced by university<br />teachers of foundation phase student teachers in the development of science modules/<br />courses. The national curriculum for this subject aims to strengthen learner awareness<br />of social relationships, technological processes and elementary science (DBE 2011a). We<br />developed an integrated numeracy, science and technology module for foundation phase<br />student teachers, based on the science-technology-society (STS) approach to teaching<br />science concepts. Students’ understanding of science concepts was assessed, using a<br />project method in which they solved a problem derived from children’s literature. Then<br />students’ views of this integrated approach to teaching science concepts were gathered.<br />The negative views of the foundation phase student teachers towards the integrated STS<br />approach was thought to indicate an empiricist view of the nature of science that could<br />impede their future teaching.</p>

scholarly journals Avaliação das idéias e atitudes relacionadas com sustentabilidade: metodologia e instrumentos

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-183
Author(s):  
Simone Sendin Moreira Guimarães ◽  
Maria Guiomar Carneiro Tomazello
Keyword(s):  
Science Technology Society ◽  
Science Technology

Este trabalho teve como objetivos verificar as idéias e atitudes de licenciandos em Biologia em relação à sustentabilidade por intermédio de um instrumento, que é uma adaptação do questionário de opiniões sobre Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (VOSTS - Views on Science-Technology-Society), e que pode ser considerado como uma nova versão dos clássicos questionários Likert de atitudes.

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