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What is/should be the role of history and philosophy of science in science teaching?

1. Monk and Osborne (1997) "Placing the History and Philosophy of Science on the Curriculum: A Model for the Development of Pedagogy" Science Education 81: 405-424.

 

 

p. 2-21

 

 

What would a Kuhnian science curriculum look like?

 

2. Hodson, D. (1988) "Experiments in Science and Science Teaching" Educational Philosophy and Theory 20 (2): 53-66.

 

p. 22-35

 

 

3. Brackenridge, J. (1989) "Education in Science, History of Science, and The Textbook - Necessary vs. Sufficient Conditions" Interchange 20(2): 71-80.

 

 

p. 36-41

 

 

Is cognitive development analogous to theoretical development?

 

4. Schwitzgebel, E. (1999) "Children's Theories and the Drive to Explain" Science & Education 8: 457-488.

 

p. 42-58

 

 

5. Ohlsson, S. (1999) "Theoretical Commitment and Implicit Knowledge: Why Anomalies do not Trigger Learning" Science & Education 8: 559-574.

 

p. 59-67

 

 

Should science teaching be philosophically correct?

 

6. Smith, M. and Scharmann, L. (1999) "Defining Versus Describing the Nature of Science: A Paradigmatic Analysis for Classroom Teachers and Science Educators" Science Education 83:493-509.

 

p. 68-84

 

 

7. Hodson, D. (1988) "Towards a Philosophically More Valid Science Curriculum" Science Education 72(2):19-40.

 

p. 85-106

 

 

Does history of science help educators anticipate student misconceptions? Does the narrative structure of history of science facilitate science learning?

 

8. Wandersee, J. (1985) "Can the History of Science Help Science Educators Anticipate Student Misconceptions?" Journal of Research in Science Teaching 23(7): 581-597.

 

p. 107-15

 

 

9. Wandersee, J. (1992) "The Historicality of Cognition: Implications for Science Education Research?" Journal of Research in Science Teaching 29(4): 423-434.

 

p. 116-22

 

 

To what extent does/should the teaching of science involve the teaching of values?

 

10. Allchin, D. (1999) "Values in Science: An Educational Perspective" Science & Education 8: 1-12.

 

p. 123-29

 

 

11. Lacey, H. (1999) "Scientific Understanding and the Control of Nature" Science & Education 8: 13-35.

 

p. 130-40

 

 

12. Machamer, P. and Douglas, H. (1999) "Cognitive and Social Values" Science & Education 8: 45-54.

p. 141-46