Finland, A Package Deal: Disciplinary Climate in Science Classes, Science Dispositions and Science Literacy

Finland’s educational prowess, though tempered by recent international assessments, has remained intact. This report focused on lessons that could be learned regarding secondary-level science education from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, science-focused assessment. That PISA iteration included not only literacy but also students’ dispositions (epistemology, enjoyment, interest, and self-efficacy) schools’ climate measures (disciplinary teaching support). Due to hierarchical nature of data, multilevel models were employed in this Finnish study, involving 5582 students 167 schools. Science (as outcome measures) differently associated with support disciplinary (epistemology neither; enjoyment both). an measure) was all four dispositions, whether modeled each disposition separately or simultaneously. classes tested models. We concluded that, context, predictive literacy. Furthermore, we presented evidence literature indicating these conclusions may well extend other contexts.