The paper starts with a brief description of the epistemological construction of Science Education and its interdisciplinary character, in particular the contributions of the Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Sociology of Science and Educational Psychology. Secondly, arguments are developed in order to find out appropriate answers to two key educational issues, namely, the purpose of science education and who science education is for. Finally, the paper characterizes three main orientations for science teaching based on the previously developed framework.
Science Education; Science Teaching; Educational Psychology