Adapting Historical Knowledge Production to the Classroom

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kokkotas, P. V. (Editor), Malamitsa, K. S. (Editor), Rizaki, A. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Science Education.

The aims of this book are: • to contribute to professional development of those directly involved in science education (science teachers, elementary and secondary science teacher advisors, researchers in science education, etc), • to contribute to the improvement of the quality of science education...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Framework
• Teaching the Philosophical and Worldview Components of Science
• Is The History of Science the Wasteland of False Theories?
• The History of Science And The Future of Science Education
• Textbooks of The Physical Sciences and The History of Science
• Does History of Science Contribute To The Construction of Knowledge In The Constructivist Environments of Learning?
• On the Concept of Energy
• Troublesome Droplets
• The Antikythera Mechanism
• History of Science and Argumentation in Science Education
• Integration of Science Education and History of Science
• Praxis
• Teaching Modern Physics, Using Selected Nobel Lectures
• Classroom Explorations With Pendulums, Mirrors, and Galileo’S Drama
• Developing Greek Primary School Students’ Graph/Chart Interpretation and Reading Comprehension as Critical Thinking Skills
• Use of the History of Science in the Design of Research-informed NOS Materials for Teacher Education
• Which HPS do/should Textbooks Refer to? The Historical Debate on the Nature of Electrical Fluids
• A wiki-course for Teacher Training in Science Education
• Could Scientific Controversies be used as a Tool for Teaching Science in the Compulsory Education?
• Resolving Dilemmas in Acquiring Knowledge of Newton’s First Law: Is the History of Science Helpful?.