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Nature of Science and Nature of Scientists (2020)

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Universities and colleges Nature of Science (NOS) -- science education contexts Scientists Education (graduate) Scientific communities; interprofessional relations Philosophy of science Science education and teaching

The past decade has seen multiple debates and discussions over the appropriate framing of Nature of Science (NOS) for science education. These debates have stemmed from a diversity of philosophical views on what science fundamentally is. In post-secondary STEM education, the goals of a science education rest in having students socialize into scientific STEM communities by engaging in research. In this paper, we highlight how NOS is taken up by individuals within scientific communities, drawing on historical and concurrent examples of STEM communities. Terming this the Nature of Scientist (NOSist), we argue that a post-secondary NOS education must take into account how the individual’s participation within a community of practice is predicated on the possession of a different set of epistemic aims, values, and practices than what is typically characterized within NOS frameworks. The switch in analytical lens from the collective as a whole to the individual within a collective contributes to an understanding of how scientists function within scientific communities. We conclude with recommendations and a call for further studies to characterize how individual scientists negotiate practice within the dialectic of the scientific communities that they are members of.

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Authors & Contributors
Kaufholz-Soldat, Eva
Matthews, Michael R.
Oswald, Nicola M. R.
Bečvářová, Martina
Christensen, Terry M.
Golinski, Jan V.
Journals
Science and Education
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Environmental History
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Ciência & Educação (Bauru)
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
Ashgate Publishing
Harvard University Press
IEEE
Springer
Verloren
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Nature of Science (NOS) -- science education contexts
Universities and colleges
Education (graduate)
Teaching; pedagogy
People
Davy, Humphry
Franklin, Rosalind
Lederman, Norman G.
Matthews, Michael R.
Wheeler, John Archibald
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
18th century
19th century
20th century, late
Early modern
Places
United States
Great Britain
Bavaria (Germany)
Korea
Netherlands
Turkey
Institutions
Univerzita Karlova
University of Prague
Würzburg. Universität
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