State of the Art of Science Teaching

P. G. Michaelides, Professor at The University of Crete, michail@edc.uoc.gr

This work has been partially financed by the European Commission (project “Hands-on Science” contract number 110157-CP-1-2003-1-PT-COMENIUS-C3). The views expressed represent the authors. Neither the European Commission nor the authors may be held responsible for any use of the information provided here.

Abstract. Available sources about research and field activities on Science teaching are referred to, and some of the most important characteristics the current works on Science teaching are discussed.

Keywords. Science, Science Teaching, Science education, Logic, Religion.

Invited presentation at the 1st International Conference on Hands on Science: Teaching and Learning Science in the XXI Century, 5-9 July 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia,HSci2004