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dc.contributor.authorShumba, Overson
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-26T15:37:09Z
dc.date.available2014-11-26T15:37:09Z
dc.date.issued1997-09
dc.identifier.citationShumba, Overson ( 1997) Science Teachers' Cultural Beliefs And Conceptions Of The Nature of Science And Instruction, ZBTE vol. 5, no.3. Harare, Mt. Pleasant: DTEen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1022-3800
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/5211
dc.descriptionA ZBTE study on the conceptions and orientation of science teachers to science vis-a-vis Zimbabwe cultural, traditional beliefs.en_GB
dc.description.abstractThis paper summarizes findings of a study which explored the relationship between science teachers’ orientation to traditional culture and their conceptions of the nature of science, science-technology related societal issues, and instructional ideology. It summarizes also their perceptions concerning interaction of traditional culture and science education. Practically the entire sample believed that indigenous culture and western science are two independent and seemingly irreconcilable systems of thinking, experiencing, and explaining phenomena. Teachers ’ orientation toward indigenous traditional culture was low but positively correlated to preference for traditional instructional ideology and modestly negatively correlated to inquiry instructional ideology, nature of science, and awareness of societal issue scores. They had inadequate understanding of Kimball’s (1967) model of the nature of science but showed adequate conception of the Rub b a-Andersen (1978) nature of scientific knowledge model. Although the teachers were pessimistic about the ability and desirability of science and technology to resolve environmental problems they had, overall, a positive and socially acceptable level of awareness of environmental conservation issues.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherDepartment of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabween_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectEducationen_GB
dc.subjectScience and Societyen_GB
dc.titleScience Teachers' Cultural Beliefs And Conceptions Of the Nature of Science And Instructionen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween_GB


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