2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-021-00229-8
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Abstract: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and given the huge volume of information available for the general population (being part of them fake news), there is a clear need to foster people’s understanding of the meaning of science, of how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and used. As one of the main aims of science education is the promotion of students’ scientific literacy, one of the issues focused on teaching should be aspects of nature of science (NOS) – which can be introduced from discuss… Show more

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“…While the spread of misinformation is not unique to this current moment, we remain cognizant that the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding political climate exacerbated the proliferation of misinformation and mistrust in scientific and technological evidence. Maia et al (2021) acknowledged that the pandemic is a contemporary socioscientific issue which highlighted the need of the general population to understand science and the work of scientists and their research. As explicated above, this need to understand what scientists do has been a pervasive and enduring problem.…”
Section: Committing To Technological Transparencymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…While the spread of misinformation is not unique to this current moment, we remain cognizant that the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding political climate exacerbated the proliferation of misinformation and mistrust in scientific and technological evidence. Maia et al (2021) acknowledged that the pandemic is a contemporary socioscientific issue which highlighted the need of the general population to understand science and the work of scientists and their research. As explicated above, this need to understand what scientists do has been a pervasive and enduring problem.…”
Section: Committing To Technological Transparencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Equitable, social justice criticality centers the learner and the knowledge they bring to the classroom and what and who informs the development of this knowledge. In the science classroom, the following recommendations can guide this process: focus on the nature of science and technology in context, engage the credibility and critical reading of information (Maia et al, 2021), and include evidence from a diversity of knowledge areas (Justi & Erduran, 2015).…”
Section: Committing To Technological Transparencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While numerous articles regarding the focus on the COVID-19 pandemic in science education have been recently published (e.g., Archila et al 2021 ), very few of these suggest addressing NOS aspects despite being an ideal context to reflect and learn about them (e.g., Maia et al 2021 ). In addition, few articles have been found that propose to address NOS aspects in the science classroom using news items related to the COVID-19 pandemic published in digital press (e.g., Demirdöğen & Aydın-Günbatar 2021 ).…”
Section: Learning About Nos With Science News Published In the Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar to evolution, the use of vaccines in teaching can be an important opportunity for students to practice their skills in managing and dealing with scientific uncertainty. Maia et al (2021) also emphasized the importance of the discussion and communication in and of science, especially discussion that is directed in the public domain and reflects the uncertainty of science. From this point of view, discussing and communicating claims about vaccines in science classes, especially emphasizing the uncertain nature of science, may be helpful to increase students' understanding and reasoning about science.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%