Nested epistemologies: Science teachers' beliefs of teaching, learning and science

This study explores the relationships among teachers' beliefs about teaching science, learning science and the nature of science. Through interviewing 37 Taiwanese science teachers, teachers' beliefs about teaching, learning and science were respectively categorized as either 'traditional', or 'process', or 'constructivist'. It was found that most science teachers had 'traditional' beliefs. Moreover, more than a half of the teachers held views...