naa a22 4500 510780938 CHVBK 20180411083247.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11422-013-9504-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11422-013-9504-9 Aflalo Ester Hemdat Hadarom College, 80200, Netivot, Israel aut Religious belief: the main impact on the perception of the nature of science on student teachers [Elektronische Daten] [Ester Aflalo] This study aims to examine the affect of the degree of religiosity of student teachers, and their nationalism and scientific background on their perception of the nature of science (NOS). First year Arab and Jewish religiously observant, traditional and secular students in Israel (101 in number) with different scientific backgrounds participated in the study. The students completed a closed questionnaire with 35 statements that explored diverse aspects of the perception of the NOS. The findings show that previous scientific knowledge or belonging to the Jewish or Arab nation barely impacts the perceptions of the NOS. In contrast, religious belief, whether Jewish or Muslim, had significant impact. The more religious the students the greater weight they afforded culture and society versus science, and their support of the freedom of inquiry and of the tentativeness of science declined. The educational implications of the findings are discussed in view of the social increase in dogmatic religious belief alongside the unreserved exacerbated skepticism of every truth. Emphasis is placed on reinforcing the liberal dialogue approach that does not fear criticizing tradition, according to which it is possible to educate to critical thought without negating religious belief. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Nature of science (NOS) nationallicence Religion and science nationallicence Scientific knowledge and NOS nationallicence Perceptions of NOS nationallicence Cultural Studies of Science Education Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 623-641 1871-1502 8:3<623 2013 8 11422 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-013-9504-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-013-9504-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Aflalo Ester Hemdat Hadarom College, 80200, Netivot, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cultural Studies of Science Education Springer Netherlands 8/3(2013-09-01), 623-641 1871-1502 8:3<623 2013 8 11422 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer