本研究旨在探討如何將「互動式歷史小故事」(IHVs)應用在大學通識科學課程中來幫助修課學生瞭解科學知識不是被發現的、而是人類創造出來的,並據此進一步增進其對科學知識的「創造性」本質的認知與瞭解。為了達成上述目標,筆者以過去多年的研究成果為基礎,先自行研發一套融合IHVs的歷史導向通識科學課程;然後用教學實驗實地檢測該課程對修課學生之科學本質觀所造成的影響,並設法藉此釐清「創造性」科學本質概念與「可驗性」科學本質概念之間的互動關係。實驗結果顯示:在受測學生的概念生態系中,「創造性」與「可驗性」科學本質概念之間的確有類似翹翹板一樣,互相牽制的負面關連。
This study explores how the Interactive Historical Vignettes (IHVs) can be infused into existing college liberal science courses to help students recognize that scientific knowledge is created rather than discovered by humans and thereby enhance their understanding of the creative nature of science (NOS). To accomplish this goal, the author first developed an IHV-enriched, historically oriented liberal science course based on his past research findings. He then conducted a pair of specially designed teaching experiments to evaluate the impact of this new course on students' NOS views an clarify the exact nature of the dynamic interplay of the creative and testable NOS conceptions in students' mind. Results confirm that there is indeed a negative, seesawing-at-a-distance type of interconnection between the creative and testable NOS conceptions in participating students' conceptual ecology.