Revisiting the foundations of the family resemblance approach to nature of science: some new ideas

Irzık, Gürol and Nola, Robert (2022) Revisiting the foundations of the family resemblance approach to nature of science: some new ideas. Science and Education . ISSN 0926-7220 (Print) 1573-1901 (Online) Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11191-022-00375-7

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Abstract

The family resemblance approach to nature of science is receiving increasing attention by science educators since its inception about a decade ago. Many scholars of science education have contributed and continue to contribute to it not only theoretically but also by applying it empirically to a wide range of areas such as curriculum and textbook analyses, pre-service teacher training, undergraduate teaching and, STEM education. This article aims to develop the family resemblance approach further. We do this in several ways. First, we clarify its foundations in a way to reveal that it provides not only a domain-specific, but at the same time a domain-general conceptualization of nature of science. Second, we expand the structure of science as a social institution by adding a new category to it, i.e., the reward system, and justify it. Third, we show that two of the most common elements of the category “practices,” namely, observation and experimentation, display the character of family resemblance. Then, we explore this for methods and values in science. Finally, we discuss the possibility of a rapprochement between the family resemblance approach and the consensus view.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Consensus view; Family resemblance approach; Fractal; Nature of science; Reward system of science
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Cultural Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Gürol Irzık
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2022 15:12
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2022 15:12
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/44499

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