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Resumen: En este estudio de naturaleza predominantemente cualitativa se presentan los resultados y conclusiones acerca de la incorporación de la perspectiva Ciencia, Tecnología, Sociedad y Ambiente (CTSA) en el actual currículo oficial de la LOMCE de 5º y 6º curso de Educación Primaria, en España. El estudio se centró en determinar qué mejoras se han alcanzado en el nuevo currículo de ciencias en relación a la perspectiva CTSA. Los resultados indican que esta perspectiva está presente en el actual currículo pero lo hace de forma insuficiente, al igual que ocurría en el anterior currículo de la LOE. El estudio contribuye a reflexionar sobre el diseño de currículos de ciencias de 5º y 6º curso de Primaria de acuerdo con el enfoque CTSA. Se sugiere que se refleje de manera más patente dicho enfoque. Asimismo, se ha confeccionado un instrumento de análisis que sirve como herramienta que puede apoyar y orientar a los autores de currículos durante la producción de estos recursos, y que puede ser aplicable a diferentes niveles de enseñanza.Palabras clave: Alfabetización científica; Currículo de ciencias; Perspectiva CTSA; Educación Primaria; Enseñanza de las ciencias. What improvements have been archived regarding Science Education from Environment-ScienceTechnology-Society approach in the new Spanish official curriculum of Primary Education?Abstract: This article presents a qualitative study about the integration of STSE (Science-Technology-SocietyEnvironment) approach in the current official curriculum of 5th and 6th year of Primary Education in Spain. The study focused on determining what improvements have been achieved in the new science curriculum (LOMCE) regarding the STSE approach. The results indicate that this approach is present in the current curriculum but does insufficiently, just as it happened in the previous curriculum. The study contributes to reflection on the design of science curriculum of 5th and 6th year of Primary Education in accordance with the STSE approach. It is suggested that this approach be more clearly reflected. In addition, an analysis instrument has been developed that serves as a tool that can support and guide the authors of curriculum during the production of these resources, which we believe can be applicable at different levels teaching. IntroducciónLa preocupación por la educación científica en la comunidad educativa ha motivado que muchos países, entre ellos España, se hayan esforzado para concebir, desarrollar e implementar nuevas reformas educativas, cuyo objetivo principal es la alfabetización científica

Resumo: Tal como a nível internacional, também em Portugal é grande a importância atribuída ao manual escolar, reconhecido como um dos recursos mais utilizado por professores e alunos. Por isso, o manual escolar converteu-se num objeto de estudo de diversas investigações no âmbito da Didática das Ciências. Uma das linhas de investigação diz respeito ao enfoque Ciência-Tecnologia-Sociedade-Ambiente (CTSA), considerado por muitos investigadores como uma das tendências atuais do ensino das ciências capaz de desenvolver a literacia científica dos alunos. Neste estudo, essencialmente qualitativo, construiu-se e aplicou-se um instrumento de análise para perceber se os manuais escolares portugueses de Ciências Naturais do 6.º ano exploram os conteúdos científicos relacionando-os com a tecnologia, a sociedade e o ambiente e se apresentam atividades de índole CTSA. Os resultados mostram que o enfoque CTSA está incorporado nos manuais analisados, mas de forma insuficiente e pouco explorada.

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This article presents an educational experience with 30 high school students based on the flipped classroom methodology and inquiry-based learning on aspects related to the pathophysiology of the digestive system during the 2017/2018 academic year. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and acceptability of the flipped classroom approach at this educational level. This case study was also used to assess the level of inquiry competence that high school students present when they have to carry out a research project and the main difficulties encountered in carrying it out. The results of the study show that the experience was clearly positive, since there was not only a significant improvement in student learning but also greater autonomy for students to work with the content, prepare for classes and actively participate in the tasks or practical activities that take place in the classroom, demonstrating its applicability in high school classrooms. The results also indicate that the students perceived advantages in their learning after experiencing the flipped classroom pedagogical model. Most of the students presented serious difficulties in carrying out their research work, probably due to a lack of experience when facing each of the stages that make up the process of inquiry.

This article presents the results of a piece of research that analyzed the views on the nature of science (NOS) among student teachers enrolled in programs of Primary Education at two public universities in Spain. Previous studies have reported that science teachers maintain ‘eclectic’ epistemological perspectives on science; in this article, we test if such a hypothesis holds when teachers’ NOS ideas are ‘anchored’ in specific periods and topics of the philosophy of science. We studied 114 prospective teachers attending an undergraduate teaching course with emphasis on the natural sciences at the Universities of Burgos and Valladolid in the period of 2017-18. A Likert-scale questionnaire with 50 items was applied to determine trends in those teachers’ epistemological views on science. The results showed that teachers’ views are mostly correlated with the philosophical period of Logical Positivism/Received View, and to some extent to the period of Recent and Contemporary Accounts. Regarding the classical epistemological topics of correspondence, methodologies, intervention, evolution and representation, teachers’ views could be related to the period of Logical Positivism/Received View and Critical Rationalism, but also to the New Philosophy of Science. The main conclusion of this study is that teachers’ expressed views on NOS are epistemologically eclectic to a much smaller degree when examined with more detail concerning specific periods and topics of the philosophy of science.