Teaching Nature of Science to upper secondary students in Mexico City. An exploratory case study.
Is an ongoing graduate project in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.
Helping students to develop adequate views of Nature of Science (NOS) has been a goal of science education for decades. Throughout this time, a great number of studies addressing the subject have been carried out: most of these studies focus on the features of NOS that should be addressed in different educational levels, the views of NOS of teachers and students, and the efficiency of teaching-learning strategies. However, most of the research on the subject has been done in English-speaking countries, which raises questions about the pertinence and applicability of the conclusions of these studies to diverse cultural contexts.
This PhD research project explores the relevance of the cultural context when developing strategies for teaching-learning NOS throughout a case study of a class of upper secondary chemistry students in Mexico City (working in the Spanish language).
Investigator: Luz Maria Lopez-Gomez
Upper secondary chemistry teacher and environmental researcher in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). BSc in Chemistry, MSc and MEd from UNAM, PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. Interested in classroom-based research for developing scientific literacy and citizenship education.
Contact Luz: lmdrl2@cam.ac.uk luzma.lg@gmail.com
