There are some very important differences between children’s naı¨ve thinking of the twenty-first
century, as they struggle to learn existing science, and the earlier speculations of scientists as they
struggled to create that science, largely due to very significant differences in social, cultural and
intellectual contexts. (Hodson 2008, p. 151)
Following subsection presents description of different teaching models for using historical
approach presented in literature. The discussion of the following three subsections
focuses on teaching NOS, using historical experiments, and structuring historical narratives
suitable for science education.