The Nature of Science in Science Education Rationales and Strategies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: McComas, William F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Science & Technology Education Library, 5
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and science.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Philosophy of Science.; Learning & Instruction.

Ourpredilection for premature acceptance and assertion, ouraversionto suspendedjudgment, are signs that we tend naturally to cut short the process oftesting. We are satisfied with superficial and immediate sho- visioned applications. . . . Science represents the safeguard ofthe race againstthese nat...