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Contributing to Science

What is Scientific Knowledge? How Does One Contribute to Science or Scientific Knowledge? Could I Contribute to Science?

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Being and Becoming Scientists Today

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So far, we’ve reconstructed science education’s view of science from a discipline perspective and proposed an alternative model from a learner perspective: the Being and Becoming Scientists Today (BBST) framework. We’ve challenged the notion of an ideal scientist and the linear pipeline or pathway to becoming a scientist.

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Kirch, S.A., Amoroso, M. (2016). Contributing to Science. In: Being and Becoming Scientists Today. Cultural and Historical Perspectives On Science education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-349-0_3

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