Table of Contents

Preface

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Editorial Board

Foreword

History, philosophy, and science teaching: The new engagement

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Michael R. MATTHEWS

Academic Articles

1.

An instructional challenge through problem solving for physics teacher candidates

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Samson Madera NASHON, David ANDERSON & Wendy S. NIELSEN

2.

The effect of creative and critical thinking based laboratory applications on creative and logical thinking abilities of prospective teachers

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Özlem KORAY & Mustafa Serdar KÖKSAL

3.

Death of metaphors in life science?
- A study of upper secondary and tertiary students’ use of metaphors in their meaning-making of scientific content

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Carl-Johan RUNDGREN, Richard HIRSCH & Lena A. E. TIBELL

 General Articles

4.

Thai pre-service science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science

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Khajornsak BUARAPHAN & Sunun SUNG-ONG

5.

An effect of technology based inquiry approach on the learning of “Earth, Sun, & Moon” subject

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Hakan TÜRKMEN

6.

Prospective physics teachers’ level of understanding energy, power and force concepts

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Ayşegül SAĞLAM-ARSLAN & Mehmet Altan KURNAZ

7.

Investigating level of the scientific literacy of primary school teacher candidates

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Survey and analysis on the current status of biology teachers’ use of questioning in ordinary senior high schools

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Xian-wei FANG & Zhi-wei CHEN

9.

Study on the infusion of foundation technology in science education

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Hai-bin SUN, Ting-ting LIU & Xiu-ying LI

10.

Examining problems in project work executed in high schools according to student and teacher views

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Güner TURAL, Nevzat YİĞİT & Nedim ALEV

11.

Student science teachers’ ideas about endangered bird species: Hermit ibis, chukar partridge

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Osman CARDAK & Musa DIKMENLI

12.

Teacher beliefs and practice in science education

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Funda SAVASCI-ACIKALIN

 Exemplary Teaching Methods

13.

From the teachers’ perspective: A way of simplicity for multimedia design

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Necati HIRÇA

14.

Application of simulation experiments for physics teaching in secondary schools

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De-an LI

15.

Developing worksheet based on science process skills: Factors affecting solubility

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Fethiye KARSLI & Çiğdem ŞAHİN

 Acknowledgement

[List of Reviewers]

Editorial Board