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Time for Science Education
Michael R. Matthews
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Description for Time for Science Education
Paperback. Demonstrates the importance of history and philosophy of science. This book provides a case study of the pendulum, showing the pivotal role played by the pendulum in the Scientific Revolution. It describes how the pendulum enabled the creation of accurate clocks that, among other things, enabled the long-standing problem of longitude to be solved. Series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology. Num Pages: 468 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
The book's argument depends, as do most proposals in education, upon cer tain positions in the philosophy of education. I believe that education should be primarily concerned with developing understanding, with initiation into worth while traditions of intellectual achievement, and with developing capacities for clear, analytic and critical thought. These have been the long-accepted goals of liberal education. In a liberal education, students should come to know and appre ciate a variety of disciplines, know them at an appropriate depth, see the interconnectedness of the disciplines, or the modes of thought, and finally have some critical disposition toward what is ... Read more
The book's argument depends, as do most proposals in education, upon cer tain positions in the philosophy of education. I believe that education should be primarily concerned with developing understanding, with initiation into worth while traditions of intellectual achievement, and with developing capacities for clear, analytic and critical thought. These have been the long-accepted goals of liberal education. In a liberal education, students should come to know and appre ciate a variety of disciplines, know them at an appropriate depth, see the interconnectedness of the disciplines, or the modes of thought, and finally have some critical disposition toward what is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
Series
Innovations in Science Education and Technology
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306458804
SKU
V9780306458804
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Reviews for Time for Science Education
`Michael Matthews ... has just published a book that should be read by all serious physics educationists. ... Given the lamentable lack of books on physics education that try to show how the history and philosophy of science can be incorporated into real physics, Matthew's book is highly recommended.' Ivan Slade in Physics World, ... Read more