Chinese Journal of Science Education

Abstract

This research was conducted to modify and employ Kelly’s repertory grid technique, investigate the views of science of biology teacher. Kelly’s repertory grid technique is a kind of semi-structured interview which proceeds with a fixed series of steps, but allows some flexibility for interviewee. The interview runs as follows. Interviewers begin with elements as the subject for interview, elicit as many constructs as possible during the course of interview, and ask interviewees to group and map their constructs. Each construct map indicates a structure of views on the nature of science. This article reported a biology teacher’s constructs and construct map. She presented her views of science in terms of five maps, namely, The function of science, Is science forever right, Science is reachable, Science is scientific, and How can be scientific. She emphasized the critical power of empirical evidence over science theories and denied the socio-psychological effect on the development of science. This article concluded with suggestion on the use of Kelly’s repertory grid technique.

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