Michael Matthews' Curriculum Vitae in Brief

Michael R. Matthews is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. He is also Foundation Editor of the journal Science & Education (Kluwer Academic Publishers. He has degrees from the University of Sydney in science, philosophy, psychology, history and philosophy of science, and education. His PhD is in philosophy of education from the University of New South Wales. He has taught science in high school, and lectured in Education at Sydney Teachers' College and the University of New South Wales. He was the Foundation Professor of Science Education at The University of Auckland (1992-93). He has published in philosophy of education, history and philosophy of science, and science education.

His recent books include Challenging New Zealand Science Education (Dunmore Press, 1995), Science Teaching: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science (Routledge, 1994) and Time for Science Education (Plenum Publishers, 2000).

Additionally he has edited The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy (Hackett Publishing Company, 1989), History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: Selected Readings (OISE Press/Teachers College Press, 1991), Constructivism in Science Education: A Philosophical Examination (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998), and Science Education and Culture: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science (with F. Bevilacqua & E. Giannetto, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001).

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