A CURRICULAR DELPHI STUDY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING SCIENCE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SPAIN

Numerous authors have agreed on the importance of improving and intensifying scientific culture in society in general, and more particularly among the students before university. It is known that scientific competence in secondary school students plays a very important role both in intellectual development and in its various applications for everyday life. However, the last PISA evaluations taken place in 2015 show that the degree of competence in science of the secondary students in Spain is low. However, it is difficult to unravel what fails in educational practice as well as what are the topics of a good culture and science education. For this reason, it is a matter of greater concern at this educational level to know how the students should be trained in science. This study is focus to find the clues for the scientific training of students to achieve the relevant level of competence in science. Through the use of the Delphi technique, taking place in three rounds, we collect the views of more than one hundred individuals belonging to the different groups related to the field of science and teaching. From the cluster analysis which has been taken place in the second round, a set of five concepts or ideas has been found. Later on, from the third round, we found that one of these five concepts seems very important for the four groups of stakeholders, which is Concept E: Science related with the interest to preserve the Earth and human health.