Teaching about the social embeddedness, creativity and tentativeness of science through news articles on COVID-19

• Main Authors: AMPATZIDIS, GEORGIOS, ERGAZAKI, MARIDA
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Urray 2023
• Subjects: Professional identity, beliefs, representations, knowledge; Nature of science, COVID-19, socio-cultural embeddedness, tentativeness, creativity; Science education, chemistry, conceptions, teaching practices, atomic models; IBSE, primary school, Intentio, institutional science education project; Summer programs, females, Mathematics, middle school, motivation, self-efficacy

Scientific literacy has become central to science education and science education research several decades now. Although there may be different views about the meaning of the term, there is a broad consensus that scientific literacy includes an adequate understanding about the nature of science (NOS...