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October 1, 2025Science education internationalOpen Access

Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science and their Attitudes toward NOS Instruction: Implications for Course Development

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AKAigi KikkasRSRegina SoobardJHJack Holbrook

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Overview

Exploration of pre-service teachers' conceptions and attitudes toward NOS education, suggesting improvements.

Key Points

  • Pre-service teachers generally hold positive attitudes toward understanding the nature of science, yet misconceptions persist.
  • Data from the VOSE instrument reveal a tendency to believe in a singular scientific method among future primary school educators.
  • The study indicates that many pre-service teachers view scientific theories and laws as discovered rather than constructed.
  • This research supports the need for course restructuring to enhance the teaching of the nature of science in pre-service education.

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Kikkas et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd91d5fe798ba2fc498f02https://doi.org/10.33828/sei.v36.i3.7
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