Analyzing the Documentary Film "Marie Curie" in terms of the Nature of Science Themes

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the documentary film "Marie Curie" in terms of NOS themes. The study was designed with qualitative research method. In this study, the documentary film titled "Marie Curie", which was produced in Poland, Germany, France in 2016 and had a viewing time of 1 hour and 35 minutes, was used as a data source. Content analysis was used to analyse the scenes in the documentary. As a result of the research, it was determined that four themes of the nature of science were emphasised in the documentary: These are: Scientific knowledge is influenced by the social and cultural environment during the development and transformation of scientific knowledge into practice, scientific knowledge can change, imagination and creativity have an important role in obtaining scientific knowledge, and scientific knowledge is subjective. As a result, this study has shown that there is a tool that can be used in teaching some NOS themes and concepts.

Keywords

• Marie Curie
• Documentary film
• Nature of science
• Content analysis

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