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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2014

ISBN (Hardback): 9789400776531

ISBN (eBook): 9789400776548

Full citation:

Michael R. Matthews (ed), International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching, Berlin, Springer, 2014

International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching

Contents

Introduction

the history, purpose and content of the Springer international handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching

Michael R. Matthews

1-15

Pendulum motion

a case study in how history and philosophy can contribute to science education

Michael R. Matthews

19-56

Teaching optics

a historico-philosophical perspective

Igal Galili

97-128

Teaching and learning electricity

the relations between macroscopic level observations and microscopic level theories

Jenaro Guisasola

129-156

Meeting the challenge

quantum physics in introductory physics courses

Ileana M. Greca, Olival Freire

183-209

Teaching about thermal phenomena and thermodynamics

the contribution of the history and philosophy of science

Ugo Besson

245-283

Twenty-first-century genetics and genomics

contributions of hps-informed research and pedagogy

Niklas M. Gericke, Mike U. Smith

423-467

Teaching controversies in earth science

the role of history and philosophy of science

Glenn Dolphin, Jeff Dodick

553-599

The science of the universe

cosmology and science education

Helge Kragh

643-665

Nature of science in the science curriculum

origin, development, implications and shifting emphases

Derek Hodson

911-970

Generative modelling in physics and in physics education

from aspects of research practices to suggestions for education

Koponen, Suvi Tala

1143-1169

Laws and explanations in biology and chemistry

philosophical perspectives and educational implications

Dagher, Sibel Erduran

1203-1233