%0 Journal Article
%T A proposal to teach the nature of science (NOS) to science teachers: The ¡®structuring theoretical fields¡¯ of NOS
%A AGUST¨ªN AD¨²RIZ-BRAVO
%J Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education
%D 2007
%I Metaichmio Publications
%X This article sketches a theoretical framework that I have been devising in order to teach the nature of science (NOS) to pre- and in-service science teachers for all the educational levels (from kindergarten to university). The framework suggests that teachers should learn a set of simple ¡®key-ideas¡¯ from NOS. Those key-ideas can be selected and validated through a matrix that has two ¡®structuring¡¯ components: 1. a list of the main schools of twentieth-century philosophy of science (called stages); and 2. a list of their main fields of inquiry (called strands). Examples of NOS contents within and across some of the three stages and seven strands that I have identified, together with suitable pedagogies, are presented here under the form of three didactical units.
%K Nature of science
%K teacher education
%K key-ideas
%K matrix of stages and strands
%K didactical units.
%U http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/review/papers/1_2/1_2_41_56.pdf