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Constructing scientific understanding through contextual teaching /
Long description: This volume includes a selection of contributions to the 6th International Conference for the History of Science in Science Education held at the Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg in July 2006. The conference was devoted to discussing the function of historical contexts in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Frank & Timme,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Introduction; Teaching Science Lawlessly; The Brachistochrone and Related Curves: Implications for Teaching the History of Calculus; Mirrors, swinging weights, light bulbs : Simple experiments and history help a class become a scientific community; Educating and Entertaining: Using Enlightenment Experiments for Teacher Training; Pedagogical Renewal of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment; Teaching Physics to in-service primary school teachers in the con-text of the History of Science: the case of the fall of bodies.
- Weighing the Earth, weighing the Worlds From Cavendish to modern undergraduate demonstrationsAlternative perspectives and conceptual change: integrating pre-scientific knowledge into teaching-learning sequences in school science; Learning about Light in Grade 4: What Happened to the Illuminating Stories from The History of Science and Technology?; William Wales and the 1769 Transit of Venus: Puzzle Solving and the Determination of the Astronomical Unit; Short history of the use of historical experiments in German physics lessons.
- History of Science in the Service of Middle School Science Teacher Preparation1Beyond the Textbook: Formative Traditions, Objects, and the Science Museum of the Future; From Theory to Practice: Placing contextual science in the classroom; From Babylon to the Big Bang
- Are there Revolutions in Astronomy?; Do mathematics by hands: two cases from ancient Chinese mathematics; Understanding the Earth and the Cosmos Magnetism in Cultural History, Geophysics and Astronomy Three Examples for Contextual Teaching; The nature of science in the classroom
- sociology to the rescue?; About the Authors.