For the interview about teachers’ beliefs about the nature of science, the
involved teachers were asked to reflect their views about the nature of science in
general. The interviewer did not provide specific contexts for teachers’ discussion.
Recent studies revealed that people’s views about the nature of science might
depend on the contexts for discussion (e.g., Leach et al. 2000); therefore, an
interesting follow-up study may be necessary to explore how teachers’ views of
science may differ under different contexts. Nevertheless, the teachers, although
asked to express their views about science in general, displayed various perspectives
about science in this study. Moreover, in order to avoid contamination of
responses across these three belief systems, or to avoid the situation that teachers
directly perceived some connections among these systems during interview, the
interview for each teacher was conducted three times, for once each of three belief
systems. The period between two consecutive interviews was about two to three
weeks. Also, the involved teachers did not know the main purpose of this study. All
of the interviews were tape-recorded. The interviews were conducted in Chinese
and then fully transcribed for further analyses.
For the interview about teachers’ beliefs about the nature of science, theinvolved teachers were asked to reflect their views about the nature of science ingeneral. The interviewer did not provide specific contexts for teachers’ discussion.Recent studies revealed that people’s views about the nature of science mightdepend on the contexts for discussion (e.g., Leach et al. 2000); therefore, aninteresting follow-up study may be necessary to explore how teachers’ views ofscience may differ under different contexts. Nevertheless, the teachers, althoughasked to express their views about science in general, displayed various perspectivesabout science in this study. Moreover, in order to avoid contamination ofresponses across these three belief systems, or to avoid the situation that teachersdirectly perceived some connections among these systems during interview, theinterview for each teacher was conducted three times, for once each of three beliefsystems. The period between two consecutive interviews was about two to threeweeks. Also, the involved teachers did not know the main purpose of this study. Allof the interviews were tape-recorded. The interviews were conducted in Chineseand then fully transcribed for further analyses.
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