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EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).34      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).34      Published : Jun 2

Epistemological Beliefs and Philosophical Perspective of the Science and Mathematics Teachers about the Nature of Science

Abstract

    The focus of the research was to find science teachers' philosophy about the nature of science NOS in philosophical perspectives serving in the public sector universities of Pakistan. The descriptive research method was used to investigate the difference in perceptions of the science teachers about NOS on the basis of gender and subject. An online questionnaire was utilized in order to gather data from respondents. Different constructs of NOS were identified to explore. The female teachers had more understandings about NOS than male teachers. The teachers of mathematics were positivists and decontextualized view of NOS. Male teachers were having an inductivist view of NOS. Physics teachers believed in inductivism. The teachers of chemistry were having process and realism view of NOS. Mathematics teachers were found to have contextualized NOS. It is recommended to provide orientation to science teachers in order to build NOS towards concept clarification during the process of the teaching-learning process.

    Epistemological Beliefs, Inquiry, Nature of Science, Philosophical Perspectives, Scientific literacy, Science Teaching

    (1) Farkhunda Rasheed Choudhary
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Hina Noor
    Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Tariq Javed
    SST, Federal Government Public School No. 2 (Boys), Tariqabad, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Choudhary, Farkhunda Rasheed, Hina Noor, and Tariq Javed. "Epistemological Beliefs and Philosophical Perspective of the Science and Mathematics Teachers about the Nature of Science." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 356-369. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).34