TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigation of worldview theory in a south african context
AU - Lawrenz, Frances
AU - Gray, Brian
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - This article reports on an exploratory investigation carried out to identify conceptions of some components of worldview, based on logicostructural worldview theory, held by science student teachers in a South African context. It explores relationships among worldviews, student characteristics, and scientific concepts. The sample included 48 final‐year science student teachers. Data were gathered by a questionnaire with follow‐up interviews. Questions were based on Kearney's model of worldview with stimulus items related to each of seven worldview categories. Responses were categorized and examined for possible relationships. Results of the investigation indicated that students' conceptions of time and distance were nonmechanistic and psychologically bound and that authoritarian scientific explanation was considered as sufficient for proof. Some significant relationships were found between items as well as between field of study and scientific conceptions.
AB - This article reports on an exploratory investigation carried out to identify conceptions of some components of worldview, based on logicostructural worldview theory, held by science student teachers in a South African context. It explores relationships among worldviews, student characteristics, and scientific concepts. The sample included 48 final‐year science student teachers. Data were gathered by a questionnaire with follow‐up interviews. Questions were based on Kearney's model of worldview with stimulus items related to each of seven worldview categories. Responses were categorized and examined for possible relationships. Results of the investigation indicated that students' conceptions of time and distance were nonmechanistic and psychologically bound and that authoritarian scientific explanation was considered as sufficient for proof. Some significant relationships were found between items as well as between field of study and scientific conceptions.
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U2 - 10.1002/tea.3660320604
DO - 10.1002/tea.3660320604
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84989063335
SN - 0022-4308
VL - 32
SP - 555
EP - 568
JO - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
IS - 6
ER -