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Pseudo-science: a meaningful context for assessing nature of science
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Abstract Although an understanding of nature of science is a core element in scientific literacy, there is considerable evidence that school and university students hold naïve conceptions about it. It is argued that, whilst the failure to learn about nature of science arises from its neglect in formal scienc... mehr
Although an understanding of nature of science is a core element in scientific literacy, there is considerable evidence that school and university students hold naïve conceptions about it. It is argued that, whilst the failure to learn about nature of science arises from its neglect in formal science education, a major reason is the adherence to the precepts of pseudo-science, a set of beliefs that have wide cultural currency in the general population. University science and non-science students were interviewed about their beliefs in and explanations for ‘water dowsing’, a pseudo-scientific approach to finding groundwater. The demarcation criteria between science and pseudo-science and students’ research designs into ‘water dowsing’ were also enquired into. The results show that many students believed in the working efficacy of water dowsing and stated pseudo-scientific explanations for it. Furthermore, they were unaware of the demarcation criteria between science and pseudo-science, and designed naïve research studies to enquire into 'water dowsing'.... weniger
Klassifikation
Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie
Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich
Freie Schlagwörter
nature of science; scientific literacy; university; pseudo-science
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Seitenangabe
S. 329-348
Zeitschriftentitel
International Journal of Science Education, 32 (2010) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690903055758
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)