Informal science education institutes such as science and technology museums and science related museums play important roles in improving people's scientific literacy. Understanding the nature of science (NOS) is the important part of scientific literacy and is also one of the main goals of science education. For educators in science education institutes, to deeply understanding of the nature of science has significant meanings on achieving the goals of science education. This article explored the status of 181 educators' views about nature of science based on survey at science education institutes. The results showed that the understanding of NOS of educators in science education institutes is on medium level, and it needs to be improved generally; most of science education institutes' educators' understanding of NOS is superficial and traditional. This article also gave some suggestions on improving the science education institutes educators' understanding of NOS.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |