Epistemological beliefs and intellectual development in the physical sciences

  • El-Farargy N
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Abstract

Much research has been documented on the stage of students‟ intellectual and epistemological development during their studies and upon course completion. To a large extent, the literature suggests that promoting students through the intellectual framework is a desirable feat. Indeed, students graduating from university at the more developed stages of intellectual and epistemological sophistication are better equipped to synthesise, evaluate, organise and cross reference knowledge into different domains.In this review, modes of epistemological beliefs will be discussed as sources of valuable information to departments about the quality and nature of students‟ perceptions of learning and teaching. The results of recent research in epistemological and intellectual development will also be discussed; this perhaps being a mechanism to inform learning and teaching practices within the physical sciences.

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El-Farargy, N. (2016). Epistemological beliefs and intellectual development in the physical sciences. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, (5), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i5.444

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