Science, Worldviews and Education

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Matthews, Michael R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Education.; Science education.; Education > Philosophy.; Church and education.; Science Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Religion and Education.

Science, Worldviews and Education is an important and timely theme as many national and provincial education authorities are requiring that students learn about the Nature of Science (NOS), and that they learn about the broader historical and cultural contexts of science and its practice. Such topic...

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• Science, Worldviews and Education: An Introduction
• Science, Worldviews, and Education
• Teaching the Philosophical and Worldview Components of Science
• Worldviews and their relation to science
• Contemporary Science and Worldview-Making
• The Electromagnetic Conception of Nature at the Root of the Special and General Relativity Theories and its Revolutionary Meaning
• Imagining the World: The Significance of Religious Worldviews for Science Education
• Whose Science and Whose Religion? Reflections on the Relations between Scientific and Religious Worldviews
• Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?
• The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks
• Fall and Rise of Aristotelian Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Science
• Modern Science and Conservative Islam: An Uneasy Relationship
• Science and worldviews in the marxist tradition
• Science and Worldviews in the Classroom: Joseph Priestley and Photosynthesis
• Responses and Clarifications Regarding Science and Worldviews.