A Developmental Pathway for Nature of Science (NOS) in School Science

• In Event: Exploring Scientific Thinking

Abstract

This theoretical paper proposes a developmental pathway for nature of science (NOS) in school science. The paper highlights the importance of critical thinking in the teaching and learning of NOS. It elucidates how NOS learning could acquire a developmental nature when critical thinking is a foundational pillar of NOS in school science. Borrowing from the literature on learning progressions in science education, the researcher examines how NOS learning could be situated across a developmental trajectory with critical thinking being the progression unit.

Author

• Hagop A. Yacoubian, Haigazian University