This research aimed to study Khamnadeepittayakom science teachers’concepts of nature of science (NOS) and attitudes toward teaching NOS. The participants were six Khamnadeepittayakom science teachers, Phonthong district, Roi-province, in academic year of 2014. Methodology regarded interpretive paradigm. Tool of interpretation included the adapted version of View on Science Education questionnaire (VOSE) and informal interview. Participants’ concept of NOS and attitudes toward teaching was interpreted and categorized. The findings revealed that teachers perceived some issues of NOS concept. They had positive attitudes toward teaching NOS in aspects of tentativeness of scientific knowledge and relationship of different kinds of scientific knowledge. But, they had negative attitude toward teaching NOS in aspect of scientific methods.
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