The focus on history of science (HOS) in physics education has been advocated for a long
time. However, what are the actual implications of proposals with this focus and the recent …

Science educators generally accept that the nature of science (NOS) should have a
prominent place in school science curricula. This study highlights the special opportunity …

The history of science (HOS) has played an important role in science curricula for teaching
about science. However, historical information in science textbooks is often de …

This article describes the effect of a teaching–learning sequence (TLS) based on the
discovery of oxygen in promoting students' argumentation. It examines the written and oral …

Les programmes français d'enseignement de la physique en lycée général affichent
d'ambitieux objectifs en matière d'épistémologie de la discipline, tout en laissant aux …

Learning chemistry includes learning the language of chemistry (names, formulae, symbols,
and chemical equations) which has to be done in connection with the other areas of …

The decision to integrate Nature of Science into classroom practice is no longer a debate
among science educators and curriculum experts. There exists empirical evidence to …

This qualitative study examined teachers' science teaching orientations (STO) and their
purposes for integrating the history of science (HOS) into their teaching using newly …

This article notes the convergence of recent thinking in neuroscience and grounded
cognition regarding the way we understand mental representation and recollection: ideas …

This article presents the results of comparison of attitudes towards position of astronomy in
education of students from two countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. A …