Abstract
TEACHING HISTORY AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
This paper presents different views of practitioners, teachers, and learners of
science about the nature of science and aims to draw attention to why and how history
and the nature of science (HP&S) should be taught as part of science teaching. Three
different approaches to teaching HP&S were identified in the literature: including the
nature of science as part of science teaching, learning by reflecting upon critical
incidents in science classrooms, and teaching the nature of science more explicitly as a
separate course. Also in this paper some features of an elective course entitled "The
History and the Nature of Science" offered at the junior level at The Gazi Faculty of
Education is introduced to the reader.
Keywords
History and Nature of Science, Science Teacher Education
