Culture of Natural Science and Culture in the Modern Science among Students: Continuity Efforts towards the Enculturation of Science

This study aims to compare the existence of authentic and modern science culture and to compare whether there exists a significant difference in terms of students’ authentic and modern science culture according to gender and school location. Descriptive statistical analysis revealed that the students’ levels of authentic science culture in the rural and urban area were moderate. On the other hand, the level of science modern culture was high for both rural and urban cohorts. Inferential statistical analysis demonstrated that there existed insignificant difference in terms of modern science culture based on gender for urban students even though significant difference was demonstrated for rural students. In terms of authentic science measurement, there existed significant difference for boys and girls in rural as well as urban areas. Findings from this study generate emperical evidence in terms of authentic science culture which science educators would do well to take into account in planning their science teaching and learning processes.