scholarly journals Development of Social and Culture Aspects Pre-service Science Teachers on Learning for Nature of Science

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-208
Author(s):  
Euis Nursa'adah ◽  
Bhakti Karyadi ◽  
Ratu Eva Febriani ◽  
Ahmad Mudzakir
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Preservice Science Teachers ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Culture In Science ◽  
Authentic Context

Understanding aspects of the Nature of Science (NOS) for preservice science teachers is one of the essential components to be able to understand Science and its processes. There are seven aspects of NOS: empirical, inference, creative, latent theory, tentative, scientific procedural myths, theories and laws of science, social and cultural dimensions, and their embedding in science. There are 48 preservice science teachers involved in this study. Researchers explored their views about NOS and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) through a validated questionnaire. Results showed that the students' opinions on NOS consisted of empirical, tentative, inference, law, scientific theory, and creativity. Meanwhile, aspects of laden theory, myths of scientific procedures, and social and cultural dimensions embedded with science have not been described by students. Fortunately, the students presented IK as an authentic context based on the culture in science learning.  Students express IK ideas: 1) biomedicine (40 students), Biopesticide (2 students), beauty ingredients (2 students), additives (1 student), and supernatural medicine (1 student). Integrating Science and IK as an authentic context in science learning leads IK toward high technology and strengthens NOS aspects. In addition, the assumption that IK has no future is declining.

Exploring Pre-service Science Teachers’ Perspectives on the Nature of Science: A Comparative Study Between China and Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 209653112096678
Author(s):  
Guihua Zhang ◽  
Yuanrong Li ◽  
George Zhou ◽  
Sonia Wai-Ying Ho
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Science Teacher ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Science Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Preservice Science Teachers

Purpose: The Nature of Science (NOS) is an important component of scientific literacy. Science teachers’ Views of the Nature of Science (VNOS) directly affect their teaching behaviors. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore science teachers’ VNOS and find ways of improvement. This study was designed to comparatively investigate preservice science teachers’ VNOS between China and Canada. Design/Approach/Methods: The study employed a survey design to explore how Chinese and Canadian preservice science teachers understood the seven different aspects of NOS. Findings: Data showed that preservice science teachers in China and Canada both hold a modern view about science education. The level of Chinese and Canadian participants’ understanding of NOS was above the relatively naive level. Chinese teachers had better macro-understanding toward science education but their micro-mastery was insufficient. While the Canadian participants had a better understanding of the NOS than their Chinese counterparts. Originality/Value: Based on the research results and the experience of science education and teacher education in Canada, we suggested that there is a need to reconstruct the preservice science teacher education curriculum in China and promote the transformation in the science teacher educational system.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN PRAKTIKUM SEDERHANA BAGI GURU-GURU IPA SMP DI KECAMATAN MOLLO UTARA KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH SELATAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 905
Author(s):  
Getrudis Wilhelmina Nau ◽  
Hildegardis Missa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Teacher ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
South Central

AbstrakPembelajaran kini harus mampu mendorong siswa untuk dapat bertindak sebagai saintis terutama pembelajaran sains. Hal ini berarti pembelajaran harus berbasis pada praktikum. Namun, Guru-guru IPA di beberapa SMP se-Kecamatan Mollo Utara, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan memiliki permasalahan yaitu guru belum memahami hakekat pembelajaran sains, pentingnya praktikum dalam pembelajaran IPA, kurangnya kreativitas guru dalam merancang praktikum IPA sederhana dan tidak adanya modul praktikum. Solusi yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengatasi permasalahan-permasalahan tersebut adalah dengan melakukan pelatihan praktikum sederhana bagi guru-guru IPA SMP se-Kecamatan Mollo Utara, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan. Metode yang dilakukan adalah pemaparan materi tentang hakekat sains, pentingnya praktikum dalam pembelajaran, cara merancang praktikum sederhana serta cara membuat modul praktikum; penayangan video berbagai praktikum sains dengan alat dan bahan sederhana yang mudah ditemui di lingkungan sekitar; dan demostrasi beberapa praktikum sederhana.Kata kunci: pembelajaran sains; saintis; praktikum sederhanaAbstractThe current learning must be able to encourage student to become scientists especially science learning. This means that learning must be based on practicum. However, science teacher in several junior high school in Mollo Utara sub-district, South Central Timor have any problem; the teacher does not understand the nature of science learning, the importance of practicum in science learning, creativity of teacher to design simple practicum, and absence of module lab. The solution to overcome these problems is to conduct simple practical training for science teachers in junior high school in Mollo Utara sub-district, South Central Timor. The method done is presentation about the nature of science, the importance of practicum in science learning, how to design of simple practical, and how to make lab module; video publisher various simple labs; and demostration of several simple practicum.Keywords: science learnin; scientist; simple practicum

scholarly journals View of Nature of Science (VNOS) Form B: An Instrument for Assessing Preservice Teachers View of Nature of Science at Borneo University Tarakan

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Listiani Listiani ◽  
Arieaf Ertha Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Preservice Science Teachers ◽  
Science Concepts ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

VNOS form B is an instrument that has been developed and revised to assess the view of nature of science of preservice science teachers through nature of science aspects.Indeed, students and teachers have to have the view of nature of science to avoid misconceptions of science concepts. Unfortunately, research on the view of Nature of Science is less conducted in Indonesia. This is a qualitative research that was conducted in Borneo University Tarakan. Respondents are preservice biology teachers in the sixth semester. The first step of this research is translating and adapting the VNOS form B into Bahasa Indonesia to make sure that the instrument is culturally fit to Indonesian and the transadapted instrument then given to the respondents. The result shows that the VNOS form B can be applied to assess the view of nature of science of preservice biology teachers. However, the result also shows that most of preservice biology teachers have few understanding on aspects of nature of scince.

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