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SUMMARY:What is this thing called ‘science’ and what should be include
 d in education about science? - Professor Sibel Erduran (University of Oxf
 ord)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170522T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170522T183000
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DESCRIPTION:Science has been a central topic in school curricula around th
 e world. Despite decades of reform on curriculum and pedagogy\, science co
 ntinues to be a problematic subject for many students even at advanced lev
 els. In this the talk\, I will argue that a significant shortcoming in sch
 ool science is limited exposure to how science works\, resulting in lack o
 f understanding of what science is about. In order to unpack this argument
 \, I will focus on an area of research called “nature of science” that
  investigates some fundamental questions about how science works including
  how scientific knowledge is produced and what community practices scienti
 sts engage in. NOS is a subject that has infiltrated curriculum policy doc
 uments\, such as the recent Next Generation Science Standards in the Unite
 d States and curriculum strands such as “How Science Works” and “Ide
 as and Evidence” in the previous versions of the English National Curric
 ulum. The difficulty in addressing NOS in science education is conflated b
 y the factor that the precise definition of NOS is a contested territory i
 tself. In the last few years\, the debate around what counts as NOS has be
 en escalating. I will outline some of the recent debates on NOS and argue 
 that the contemporary accounts are limited in their depictions of science.
  I will illustrate a new framework on NOS that promotes a broad and holist
 ic account of science such that students are equipped with a broad range o
 f understandings and skills about the epistemic\, cognitive and social-ins
 titutional dimensions of science. I will discuss theoretical and empirical
  work on NOS particularly with implications for how science education can 
 infuse more coherent and holistic accounts of science.\nSpeakers:\nProfess
 or Sibel Erduran (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:15 Norham Gardens (Seminar Room A (via Reception))\, 15 Norham Ga
 rdens OX2 6PY
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2fdd0a5a-5fbb-45f5-9c96-3050c677b868/
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