Sts Flashcards
Science includes attitudes, processes, and skills through which science as a body of knowledge is formed (.
Pawillen 2006)
Who defined the
”The observation, identification, description, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena.”
The American heritage Dictionary of the English Language (2004) defines science as:
characterized science as:
“ 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)
“A human endeavor within which people try to make sense of the environment and a worldview 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
Defined science as.
A cultural as well as individual process of thoughts
Cajete, 1999
Defined science as
Science in relation to scientific literacy that includes: processes, skills, concepts, and the ability to communicate ideas based on reasons (
Their and Daviss, 2002)
-His idea and model of the universe placed the Sun to be the centerpiece of the universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
He outlined two kinds of planetary motion: (1) the orbits of Venus and Mercury lay inside the orbit of the Earth, thus, closer to the Sun; and (2) the orbits of Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter lay outside the Earth’s orbit, thus, farther from the Sun. From this model, he would work on the length of time it will take for each planet to orbit once around the Sun
Nicolaus Copernicus
-Famous for his theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
He published his book The Origin of Species in 1589. His book presented evidence on how species evolved over time and presented traits and adaptation that differentiate species
Charles Darwin
In his book The Descent of Man, he introduced the idea of all organic life, including human beings, under the realm of evolutionary thinking
Charles Darwin
His unorthodox way of pursuing science gave more value to evidence-based science. It is a science marked by observation and experiment.
Charles Darwin
Famous figure in the field of psychology
Sigmund Freud
Made a significant contribution through the development of an important observational method known as the method of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
