prelim Flashcards
Literatures defined science in various ways.
From the old notion that suggests science as an
organized body of knowledge, wisdom, and
experiences concerning the natural and physical
world, this conception has evolved to include
attitudes, processes, and skills through which
science as a body Of knowledge is formed
—Pawilen 2006
“The observation, identification,
description, experimental investigation, and
theoretical explanation of natural
phenomena.”
—The American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Language (2004)
“An ongoing theoretical dialogue with nature,
in which scientists have developed
successively more powerful models to
account for a wider range of phenomena.”
— Snir, et al. (2003)
Science in a broader cultural sense, is also a
way of understanding the world and human
interactions with it.
—Cobern (1993)
“A human endeavor within which people try
to make sense of the environment and a
world view that is built around practices
that purport to guide the individual
towards a personal understanding.”
— Watters and Diezmann (2003
“An intellectual as well as a social activity
carried out by humans in their pursuit to
have a better understanding of the natural
world.”
—Gribbin (2003)
“Based on specific concepts such as energy, mass, and entropy; it
involves the development of models that provide accounts of
phenomena in the natural world; and it is characterized by key
epistemological features such as the development of theories”
Scott, Asoko, and Leach (2007)
Science is also construed as a form of social language developed by
the scientific community
(Scott, Asoko, and Leach 2007).
idea of social language
it is a form of conversation curious to a certain
stratum of society within a system at a given time.
Bakhtin (1993).
It comprises ideas,
beliefs, theories, and all
systematic reasons and
observations on the
natural and physical
world.
It is an idea
It includes
activities of human
beings to acquire
better
understanding of
the world.
It is a personal
and social activity.
It is a subject in basic
education, a discipline or a
field of study in higher
education that deals with the
process of teaching and
learning about the natural and
physical world. This is what we
call as school science.
It is a course or
field of study.
It incorporates a
methodical and applied
study of the natural
and physical world
that involves
observation and
experimentation
It is an intellectual
activity.
are inspired by their curiosity, critical thinking and creativity to explore the physical and natural worid
scientist`
resembles the greek ancient philosophers or thinking by doing nothing extensive and such as observing heavenly bodies or inviting people to validate his ideas.
Nicolaus Copernicus
