Dear
Colleagues,
The
March IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at:
Item #3
contains up-dated information about the 2013 International IHPST conference
which will be held at University of Pittsburgh, June 19-23.
Importantly
paper submissions need be made by March 1st.
The item
also contains information about a limited number of support scholarships
available for conference participation.
1.
Science & Education Journal, Volume 22 Number 3
ERIC J. BLOWN & TOM G.K. BRYCE / Thought-Experiments about Gravity in the History of
Science and in Research into Children's Thinking
SUSANNE HEINICKE & PETER HEERING / Discovering
Randomness, Recovering Expertise: The different approaches to the quality in
measurement of Coulomb and Gauss and Today's
Students
MAIJA NOUSIAINEN / Coherence of
Pre-Service Physics Teachers' Views of the Relatedness of Physics
Concepts
JIM B. CLARAGE / The
Pythagorean Roots of Introductory Physics
LIBORIO DIBATTISTA & FRANCESCA
CARMEN MORGESE / Introducing history (and philosophy) of science in the
classroom. A field research experience in Italy
RALPH M. BARNES & REBBECCA A.
CHURCH / Creationists, but not Proponents of Evolution think that the Origins
Debate is all about Proof
MIKE U. SMITH / The Role of Authority in Science and
Religion with Implications for Science Teaching and Learning
UFFE THOMAS JANKVIST / History, Applications, and Philosophy in Mathematics Education: HAPh - A
Use of Primary Original Sources
PETER C. KJAERGAARD, CASPER
ANDERSEN, JAKOB BEK-THOMSEN, MATHIAS CLASEN & STINE SLOT GRUMSEN /
Evolution 2.0 The unexpected learning experience of making a digital
archive
ANNIKA M. SVEDHOLM &
MARJAANA LINDEMAN / A Healing, Agentic Substance: Energy Misconceptions, Trust
in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Cognitive Styles in Grade 10-12
Students
ROGER
BOYLE / Whom Shall We put on the Postage Stamps?
2.
Science &
Education Journal, Report
(a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal
(b) Journal on the Web
(c) Manuscript Submissions
(d)
Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors
(e) Article Downloads
(f) Thematic Issues
(g) Journal Reviewing
3.
Twelfth International IHPST Conference, Pittsburgh, June 19-23, 2013
4.
Pittsburgh
Conference Student Scholarships, Interdivisional Teaching Commission
(IDTC) of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS)
6.
First European Autumn School on History of Science and Education: Sources and
Resources for Educational Purposes in the Era of Internet, Barcelona, 14 – 16
November 2013
7.
International Conference on The Special Role of Science in Liberal Democracy,
November 21-22, 2013, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
8.
History of Science Society (HSS) 2013 Annual Meeting Celebrating the 100th
anniversary of Isis: Boston, 21‐24 November 2013
9. The Isaac Newton
Guidebook and Play
10.
Book Reviews
(i) Paul Thagard (2012), The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation,
Discovery, and Conceptual Change. The MIT Press,
[KARL S. ROSENGREN]
(ii) Marcia C. Linn and Bat-Sheva Eylon (2011), Science
Learning and Instruction: Taking Advantage of Technology to Promote Knowledge
Integration. Routledge
[MANSOOR NIAZ]
(iii) Tim Sprod (2011), Discussions in
Science: Promoting Conceptual Understanding in the Middle School Years,
ACER Press
[MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS]
(iv) Aldo Poiani (ed.) (2012), Pragmatic
Evolution: Applications of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge University
Press
[ALESSANDRO MINELLI]
11.
Coming Conferences
12.
IHPST Council (2011-13)
13.
Newsletter Items
14.
IHPST Email List
A/Professor Michael R.
Matthews
School of Education
University of New South
Wales
Sydney 2052
Australia
Sydney 2052
Australia
Editor Science &
Education
President,
Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission of DHST/DLMPS of IUHPS