?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.122929&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Australian+preparatory+students'+representation+of+their+knowledge+of+the+nature+of+science&rft.creator=Smyth%2C+Jennifer+Ann&rft.subject=early+childhood+science+education&rft.subject=nature+of+science&rft.subject=science+as+a+human+endeavour&rft.subject=socioscientific&rft.subject=scientifically+literate&rft.subject=epistemology+of+science&rft.description=This+study+makes+a+unique+contribution+to+the+field+of+science+education.+Few+studies+have+investigated+the+prior+knowledge+of+the+nature+of+science+that+Australian+Preparatory+students+bring+to+their+learning+and+how+they+represent+that+knowledge.+Understanding+students'+prior+knowledge+enables+teachers+to+build+on+it+to+develop+engaging+and+relevant+science+lessons+for+young+learners.+Affording+students+the+opportunity+to+develop+an+understanding+of+the+nature+of+science+is+important+for+future+citizens+to+contribute+responsibly+to+contemporary+socioscientific+issues+and+the+unexpected+consequences+that+accompany+them.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F122929%2F1%2FJennifer_Smyth_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.122929&rft.relation=Smyth%2C+Jennifer+Ann+(2018)+Australian+preparatory+students'+representation+of+their+knowledge+of+the+nature+of+science.+Master+of+Philosophy+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F122929%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education