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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2019.39.2.173

Design and Pilot Application of an Experiment Focusing on the Nature of Scientific Inquiry: Focus on the Epistemological Issues in the Process of Dry Ice Sublimation Experiment  

Park, Jeongwoo (Seoul National University)
Lee, Sun-Kyung (Seoul National University)
Lee, Gyeong-Geon (Seoul National University)
Shim, Han Su (Kaywon University of Art & Design)
Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.39, no.2, 2019 , pp. 173-186 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to design and apply a pilot inquiry experiment focusing on the epistemological issues of scientific activities, and derive educational implications by analyzing experimental activities and reflective discussions. Three graduate students who major in science education participated in the study voluntarily. Participants showed the characteristics of stable enquiry in Experiment 1. However, the small but continuous changes in Experiment 2 led the experiment to a phase of fluid enquiry seeking new theories. Participants mobilized various resources, proposed new hypotheses, and models and requested additional experiments to verify them. In the process of reflective discussions, the participants led to the following three epistemological issues. First, at the beginning of the experiment, their observations were theoretically dependent. Second, when the observations were no longer coherent with theory, they face a crisis, and the adjustment of observation and theory proceeds. Third, stable enquiry and fluid enquiry are performed according to the relationship between observation and theory. The educational implications of school science inquiry based on the above process and results are as follows: First, this study shows that fluid enquiry can follow stable enquiry naturally, and examples of the activities are presented together. Second, in this study, it was confirmed that participants could draw up epistemological issues based on their experiences through reflective discussions following inquiry.
Keywords
Epistemological Issues; Inquiry; Experiment; Stable Enquiry; Fluid Enquiry;
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