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- Title
The Perceived Credibility of Scientific Claims, Paranormal Phenomena, and Miracles Among Primary Teacher Students: A Comparative Study.
- Authors
Keranto, Tapio
- Abstract
Science has been and is an important tool in the construction of the world view of modern man. There are also others, such as different religions. Although the Christian church has had to yield in many disputes about world-views and philosophies of life, science does not seem to have superseded religion. The same also applies to the magic-occult tradition which is supported by numerous occultist movements and sometimes even the media. From the viewpoint of science education, it is interesting to examine to what extent, if at all, the future educators of our children believe in claims presented in scientific, religious and magic-occult connections. Do we find any differences between the credibility estimates? Are there any differences between primary teacher students raised in different societies and educated in different school systems? How do the credibility estimates relate to each other? To answer these questions, data was collected by a questionnaire from Finnish, Estonian and Michigan primary teacher students. The paper presents the most important results and discusses shortly their significance from the viewpoint of science education.
- Subjects
TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood; SCIENCE; MIRACLES; TEACHERS; STUDENTS; RELIGION
- Publication
Science & Education, 2001, Vol 10, Issue 5, p493
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1011261132355