摘要：This research aimed to study concepts of nature of science (NOS) and attitudes toward teaching NOS. The participants were the first year master degree students in science education program who enrolled in 232711 history and philosophy in science, academic year of 2010. The intervention provides the explicit NOS instruction to draw the key aspect of the NOS through discussion and written work following engagement in hands-on activities based on inquiry cycle (5Es). The intervention include eight lesson plan (16hours) The 1st – 7th lesson plan allowed students to learn science based on inquiry cycle (5Es) with reflected the learning activity they done to clarify the issues related to the nature of science. The 8th lesson plan, the activity of puzzling box allowed student teachers to come explicitly up with the nature of science. Participants’ concept of NOS and attitudes toward teaching was examined through adapted version of VOSE questionnaire after the invention. The findings revealed that in-service teachers perceived some issues of NOS concept and held positive attitude toward some issues of teaching NOS.
关键词：Nature of Science;Inquiry Cycle 5E;graduate students
