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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2015.35.1.0085

Hermeneutics and Science Education : Focus on Implications for Conceptual Change Theory  

Ha, Sangwoo (Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted)
Lee, Gyoungho (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.35, no.1, 2015 , pp. 85-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
Constructivism gave many implications to science education but at the same time it has brought confusion about its implication to the field of science education. Hermeneutics has possibilities of being able to reduce confusion as well as opening a new horizon. Hermeneutics seeks the meaning of 'real understanding' through the concepts of horizon, hermeneutical circle, and fusion of horizons. Both hermeneutics and constructivism have positive attitude to students' pre-understanding and accept contextualization of knowledge. Thus, they both can criticize traditional teaching method and propose an alternative. Moreover, hermeneutics approaches human understanding holistically with the concept of horizon, and pays attention to the circularity of the process of human understanding. As a result, hermeneutics can open a new horizon and give new discourse to science education and contribute to the development of research and practice of science education.
Keywords
science education; hermeneutics; horizon; hermeneutical circle; fusion of horizons;
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