The Current Paradigms of Science Education and Their Expected Impact on Curriculum

Science education is undergoing changes due to its increasing importance these days, as it faces economic and social challenges. Several science paradigms influenced and are still affecting science education. But these are unsatisfactory, and experts are trying to find a new paradigm. Using the PROFILES-project curricular Delphi study we try to identify stakeholders’ views on science education as a base of a new paradigm. The main research outcome is three concepts: (1) awareness of science in current, social, globally relevant and occupational contexts, (2) intellectual education in interdisciplinary science contexts and (3) facilitation of interest in the contexts of nature, everyday life and living environment.