Abstract

ORTEGA-QUEVEDO, Vanessa  and  CRISTINA GIL, Puente. The nature of science and technology. An experience to develop Critical Thinking. Rev. Cient. [online]. 2019, n.35, pp.167-182. ISSN 0124-2253.  https://doi.org/10.14483/23448350.14095.

The main objective of the research presented is the development of Critical Thinking (CT) of Primary Education students and the teaching of topics related to the Nature of Science and Technology (NoS&T). A Teaching-Learning Sequence is developed and implemented, both the analysis and the evaluation of the results obtained is done through a quantitative approach. The study is carried out with a sample of 130 participants of the 6th grade of Elementary Education. The evaluation instruments that used are two adaptations, the first is the Opinion Questionnaire on Science, Technology and Society, and the second is a Spanish version of the Halpern test. As a result, we observed that the participants in the study show significant improvements in PC skills and conceptions related to the NoS&T studied. Consequently, the experience is considered successful.

Keywords : Elementary education; science education; no epistemic aspects; argumentation; verbal reasoning; probability; energy.

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