IHPST
Newsletter, September 2004
1 Eighth IHPST Group International Conference, July 15-18 2005
The eighth conference of the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group will be held in Leeds, England, July 15-18, 2005. The conference is being held in conjunction with the British History of Science Society conference. Sessions of both conferences will be available to participants, and there will be some shared social events.
Invited speakers include:
Professor Harry Collins, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff, will be one of the plenary speakers. He is the author of nu merous papers in Science Studies and Science Communications. Recently he co-edited The One Culture?: A Conversation about Science (University of Chicago Press).
Dr Meera Nanda. She obtained her first PhD in microbiology in India, where she also worked as a science journalist. Subsequently she moved to the United States and obtained her second PhD in science and technology studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her most recent book is Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in India (Rutgers University Press, (2003).
Additionally the IHPST conference will share the Presidential Address of the BHSS, to be given by Professor Peter Bowler, who is the author of a large number of books and articles on the history of biological science and its interactions with society and culture. His books include: Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain (University of Chicago Press, 2001); Life’s Splenid Drama: Evolutionary Biology and the Reconstruction of Life’s Ancestry 1860-1940 (University of Chicago Press, 1996); Darwinism (Macmillan 1993); Evolution: The History of an Idea (University of California Press, 1984).
Deadline for submission of 500 word Abstracts is the end of January 2005 (email to: ihpst2005@blueyonder.co.uk).
Registration fee will be approximately USD220.
University College accommodation will be about USD65 per day, or USD45 with shared facilities. Local hotels can also be booked at a reduced rate.
Details about conference can be found at web site: www.ihpst2005.leeds.ac.uk/
The conference chair is John Osborne of King’s College London; the conference secretary is Mick Nott. The organizing committee includes Jim Donnelly (Education, Leeds), Graeme Gooday (Philosophy, Leeds) and Rick Duschl (Education, Rutgers).
To be put on the conference email list, email: ihpst2005@blueyonder.co.uk.
2 Science
& Education Volume
13 Nos. 4-5 July 2004
Volume 13 Nos.4-5 of the journal Science & Education has recently been published. It is the first of two special issues devoted to ‘The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives’.
Its contents, and subscription information, follow:
MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS, COLIN GAULD & ART STINNER / The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy
SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES
RANDALL D. PETERS / The Pendulum in the 21st Century: Relic or Trendsetter?
RONALD NEWBURGH / The Pendulum: A Paradigm for the Linear Oscillator
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
ZVI BIENER &
CHRISTOPER SMEENK / Pendulums, Pedagogy and Matter: Lessons from the Editing of
Newton's Principia
COLIN
GAULD / The Treatment of the Motion of the Simple
Pendulum in Some Early 18th Century Newtonian Textbooks
PETER MACHAMER & BRIAN HEPBURN / Galileo and the Pendulum: Latching on to Time
PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
ROBERT NOLA / Pendula, Models, Constructivism and Reality
LOUIS B. ROSENBLATT / The Poet and the Pendulum
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
TREVOR G. BOND / Piaget and the Pendulum
ROBERT J. WHITAKER / Types of Two-Dimensional Pendulums and Their Uses in Education
MARIANNE BARNES, JAMES GARNER, DAVID REID / The Pendulum as Vehicle for Transitioning from Classical to Quantum Physics: History, Quantum Concepts and Educational Challenges
CATHY MARIOTTI EZRAILSON, G. DONALD ALLEN & CATHLEEN C. LOVING / Analyzing Dynamic Pendulum Motion in an Interactive Online Environment Using Flash
IGAL GALILI & DAVID SELA / Pendulum Activities in the Physics Curriculum: Used and Missed Opportunities
MANABU SUMIDA / The Public Understanding of Pendulum Motion: From 5 to 85 Years Old
Journal subscription is USD80 (1 year), USD150 (2 years), or USD210 (3 years). Journal subscriptions can be made at the IHPST web site (www.ihpst.org), or by sending cheque or email details to the IHPST Secretary at the mail or email address below.
The subscription rate is halved for students, and scholars in Latin America, Africa and former Eastern Bloc countries. These subscriptions are subsidized from IHPST group funds.
3 Science & Education Special Issues: Prospective Theme Topics
The journal Science & Education has over the years published a number of thematic issues. Some of these have been overprinted by the publishers and made available as separate publications.
Four more Special Issues are planned, and contributions are invited. Manuscripts are reviewed in the normal manner (usually three reviewers). Authors can contact the guest editors listed below, or the journal editor, for further details.
‘Appraising Feminist Contributions to Science Education’, (Cassandra Pinnick (ed.) email: cassandra.pinnick@wku.edu ) 1st June 2005
‘The Nature of Science: Identifying, Teaching and Assessing NOS’ (Joanne Olson & Michael Clough (eds.) emails: jkolson@iastate.edu, mclough@iastate.edu ) 1st July 2005
‘Thought Experiments in Science and in Science Education’, (Miriam Reiner (ed.) email: miriamr@stanford.edu ) 1st August 2005
‘The Centenary of Relativity Theory: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Reflections’ (Fabio Bevilacqua (ed.) email: bevilacqua@fisicavolta.unipv.it ) 1st November 2005
4 Indian Conference on Science,
Technology and Mathematics Education, Dec.13-17, 2004.
The conference is sponsored by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. It is being held at: International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa, India, from December 13-17, 2004
The conference will present research in science, technology and mathematics education. It has united themes in the cognitive, pedagogical, historical, philosophical and socio-cultural aspects of the sciences. There will be review talks complemented by paper and poster presentatations.
Expected review presenters are:
* Knowledge representation (John F. Sowa, ex-IBM)
* Models of cognition (Alison Gopnik, University of California, Berkeley)
* Language and cognition (Probal Dasgupta, University of Hyderabad)
* Affect in learning (Jerome Kagan, Harvard University)
* Cultural issues in science education (Bill Cobern, Western Michigan University)
* Gender issues in STME (Nancy Brickhouse, University of Delaware)
* Trends in Science Education research (John Gilbert, University of Reading)
* Trends in Maths Education research (Kaye Stacey, University of Melbourne)
* Trends in Technology Education research (Marc deVries, Eindhoven University of Technology)
* History and philosophy of science: implications for STME (Michael Matthews, University of New South Wales)
Conference fees are: International participants USD300, student USD200; Indian participants INR 3000, student 2000. The fees will cover accommodation and meals for five days, conference materials and proceedings.
Inquiries, including registration details, at:
Jayashree Ramadas,
Convener
Organising Committee, epiSTEME-1
email: episteme@hbcse.tifr.res.in
fax: 91-22-2556 6803, 2558 5660
http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/episteme
5 7th IHPST Conference
Proceedings (Winnipeg July 2003)
Proceedings of the 7th IHPST Conference (Don Metz, editor) are now available on CD. The disc contains 80 papers, 970 pages, an author index and a paper table of contents. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 is included which can be used as a search facility.
Cost is USD10, air mail included. Orders can be placed at the ‘Publications for Sale’ section of this Newsletter.
6 Conferences
November 18-21, 2004. HSS/PSA, Joint History of Science Society & Philosophy of Science Association (USA) Conference, Austin Texas. Information at: www.hssonline.org/meeting/
December 13-17, 2004. International Conference on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, Goa, India. Tata Research Institute, Mubai. Details at: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/episteme
March 18-21, 2005. PES, Philosophy of Education Society (USA), San Francisco. Details at: http://cuip.net/pes/
March 31-April 3, 2005. NSTA, National Science Teachers Association (USA), Dallas Texas
April 4-7, 2005. NARST, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (USA), Dallas Texas. Information at: www.nsta.org
April 11-15, 2005. AERA, American Education Research Association, Montreal. Details at: www.aera.net
July 15-18, 2005. IHPST, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group conference, Leeds, England. Details at www.ihpst.org
7 Recent Research
Apart from contributions to Science & Education the following are some papers published in recent years that bear upon the research concerns of the IHPST Group. Suggestions for up-dating this list should be sent to the Editor at m.matthews@unsw.edu.au
Davis, B. & Sumara, D.: 2003, ‘Constructivist Discourses and the Field of Education: Problems and Possibilities’, Educational Theory 52(4), 409-428.
Justi, R. & Gilbert, J.: 2003, ‘Teachers’ Views on the Nature of Models’, International Journal of Science Education 25(11), 1369-1386.
Kournay, J.A.: 2003, ‘A Philosophy of Science for the Twenty-First Century’, Philosophy of Science 70(1), 1-14.
Lawson, A.E.: 2003, ‘The Nature and Development of Hypothetico-Predictive Argumentation with Implications for Science Teaching’, International Journal of Science Education 25(11), 1387-1408.
Osborne, J., Collins, S., Ratcliffe, M., Millar, R. & Duschl, R.: 2003, ‘What “Ideas-about-Science” Should be Taught in School Science? A Delphi Study of the Expert Community’, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 40(7), 692-720.
Allchin, A.: 2003, ‘Scientific Myth-Conceptions’, Science Education 87(3), 329-351.
Akerson, V.L. & Abd-El-Khalick, F.: 2003, ‘Teaching Elements of Nature of Science: A Yearlong Case Study of a Fourth-Grade Teacher’, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 40(10), 1025-1049.
Matthews, M.R.: 2004, ‘Thomas Kuhn’s Impact on Science Education: What Lessons can be Learnt?’, Science Education 88(1), 90-118.
Siegel, H.: 2004, ‘The Bearing of Philosophy of Science on Science Education, and Vice Versa: The Case of Constructivism’, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 35A, 185-198.
Schwartz, R.S., Lederman, N.G. & Crawford, B.A.: 2004, ‘Developing Views of Nature of Science in an Authentic Context: An Explicit Approach to Bridging the Gap between Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry’, Science Education 88(4), 610-645.
8 Book
Notes
Hakkarainen,
K., Palonen, T., Paavola, S. & Lehtinen, E.: 2004, Communities of Networked Expertise: Professional and
Educational Perspectives, Elsevier,
Amsterdam.
Relying on a series of empirical workplace
studies as well as an extensive review of psychological, sociological and
educational literature, the authors develop a framework for examining human
competence as a process of networked expertise.
The focus of the book is on analyzing the
socio-cognitive foundations of human intelligent activity. The authors examine
theories and models that help to understand individual and social aspects of
processes of learning, development of expertise, knowledge creation, and
innovation. These processes are studied both in the contexts of education and
work, and are illuminated with numerous examples, and interview data. The main
topics covered are the development of expertise, distributed cognition and
shared expertise, collaborative and cultural learning, and inquiry-based and computer-supported
learning processes.
9 Books
The following are some recent books bearing upon IHPST interests:
Fara, P.: 2003, Newton: The Making of Genius, Picador, London
Cornwell, J.: 2003, Hitler’s Scientists: Science, War and the Devil’s Pact, Penguin, London.
Browne, J.: 2003, Charles Darwin: The Power of Place, Pimlico, London.
Cross, R.T. (ed.): 2003, A Vision for Science Education: Responding to the Work of Peter Fensham, RoutledgeFalmer, London.
Fløistad, G. (ed.): 2003, Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Nola, R.: 2003, Rescuing Reason: A Critique of Anti-Rationalist Views of Science and Knowledge, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Arianrhod, R.: 2003, Einstein’s Heroes: Imagining the World through the Language of Mathematics, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland.
Guerrini, A.: 2003, Experimenting with Humans and Animals: From Galen to Animal Rights, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Pinnick, C.L., Koertge, N. & Almeder, R.F. (eds.): 2003, Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology: An Examination of Gender in Science, Rutgers University Press.
Aczel, A.D.: 2003, Entanglement: The Unlikely Story of How Scientists, Mathematicians, and Philosophers Proved Einstein’s Spookiest Theory, Penguin, New York.
Aczel, A.D.: 2003, Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the Triumph of Science, Atria Books, New York.
Fensham, P.J.: 2004, Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
10 Publications for Sale
The following publications are available from the IHPST Group:
#1 CD Proceedings of the 6th IHPST Conference, Denver, 2001, 100+ papers, W. McComas (ed.), USD10 (postage included).
#2 CD Proceedings of the 7th IHPST Conference, Winnipeg, 2003, 100+ papers, D. Metz (ed.), USD10 (postage included).
#3 Time for Science Education, M.R. Matthews, Kluwer, 2000, 440pp, USD20 (postage included).
#4 Science Education and Culture, F. Bevilacqua, E. Giannetto & M.R. Matthews (eds.), Kluwer, 2001, 362pp, USD20 (postage included).
#5 Challenging New Zealand Science Education, M.R. Matthews, Dunmore Press, 1995, 256pp, USD10 (postage included).
#6 Science & Education journal Volume 12, 2003, 808 pps, USD25 (postage included).
#7 Science & Education journal Volume 2, 1993, 382pp, USD10 (postage included).
To purchase any of the above, send letter or email, with complete mailing address and indication of what publications are required, to address below. Cheques payable to ‘IHPST’, or send full credit card details (visa, or mastercard). Alternatively order from IHPST web site: www.ihpst.org
11 Future Newsletter Items
Items for inclusion in the IHPST Newsletter are appreciated. These can be items for the ‘Recent Research’, ‘Recent Books’, ‘Books’ or ‘Conferences’ sections.
Please email newsletter material (or journal subscriptions or publication orders) to:
Professor M.R. Matthews, School of Education, UNSW, Sydney 2052, Australia
Email: m.matthews@unsw.edu.au
12 IHPST Email List
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