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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2016.36.1.0147

Construction of Preservice Biology Teachers' NOS Pedagogical Content Knowledge within Biology Teaching Context  

Kim, Sun Young (Chosun University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.36, no.1, 2016 , pp. 147-158 More about this Journal
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This study examined the changes of preservice biology teachers' NOS pedagogical content knowledge through two consecutive science methods courses: NOS understandings; attitudes toward teaching science; difficulties of NOS teaching; NOS teaching strategies; and views of orientation of NOS teaching. During the science methods course I, the preservice teachers engaged in discussions and reflections on what science is and how scientific knowledge has produced, drawing NOS aspects from episodes of history of science, and planning the lessons cooperating NOS instructional objectives. Then the next semester, through the science methods course II, the preservice teachers had a chance of the simulated teaching by adopting NOS teaching and learning activities in the context of the secondary biology context. The preservice teachers, further, reflected on their NOS teaching. The results showed that the preservice teachers constructed the NOS pedagogical content knowledge. They significantly improved their views of NOS and its teaching(p<.05) after the science methods course I, and retained their understanding after the science methods course II(p>.05). The preservice teachers mentioned the difficulties of teaching NOS in the secondary biology context, and further suggested effective NOS teaching methods in their reflective journals.
Keywords
nature of science; preservice teachers; biology; pedagogical content knowledge;
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