Abstract
This chapter focuses specifically on the role of art in science education. Its central premise is that science and art share a common aesthetic element. It discusses the shift from a positivist to a constructivist epistemology, the ideas of beauty and aesthetics in science and science education, as well as the pedagogical importance of the arts. This discussion leads to the consideration of visual arts, poetry, and dramatization (in the form of role play) as teaching/learning tools which tap into students’ imagination and creativity. A review of studies regarding the role of art in school science education points to the crucially important role of the arts in the science curriculum, and to a number of instructional possibilities, which show that the development of students’ imagination and creativity and the acquisition of science content knowledge can go hand in hand.
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