Heering / Wittje Learning by Doing

Experiments and Instruments in the History of Science Teaching
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-515-10015-1
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, E-Book-Text

"Learning by Doing" is about the history of experimentation in science education. The teaching of science through experiments and observation is essential to the natural sciences and its pedagogy. These have been conducted as both demonstration or as student exercises. The experimental method is seen as giving the student vital competence, skills and experiences, both at the school and at the university level. This volume addresses the historical development of experiments in science education, which has been largely neglected so far.

The contributors of "Learning by Doing" pay attention to various aspects ranging from economic aspects of instrument making for science teaching, to the political meanings of experimental science education from the 17th to the 20th century. This collected volume opens the field for further debate by emphasizing the importance of experiments for both, historians of science and science educators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heering, Peter

Wittje, Roland

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;6
2;INTRODUCTION: NEGLECTED USES OF INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIMENTS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION;8
3;TOOLS FOR INVESTIGATION, TOOLS FOR INSTRUCTION: POTENTIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS IN THE TRANSFER FROM RESEARCH TO TEACHING;16
4;THE AUDIENCE IS LISTENING: READING WRITING ABOUT LEARNING BY DOING.;32
5;THE ROLE OF CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN FRANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT BERTHOLLET’S CHEMICAL AFFINITIES;56
6;INSTRUMENTS OF SCIENCE AND CITIZENSHIP: SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR DUTCH ORPHANS DURING THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;72
7;THE SCIENTIFIC CULTURE IN EIGHTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURY GREEK SPEAKING COMMUNITIES: EXPERIMENTS AND TEXTBOOKS;98
8;THE MAGIC LANTERN FOR SCIENTIFIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT;114
9;THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY COLLECTIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH SECONDARY EDUCATION (1845 – 1861)1;142
10;THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE PLANT SPECIMEN;160
11;LEARNING IN THE LABORATORY: THE INTRODUCTION OF “PRACTICAL” SCIENCE TEACHING IN ONTARIO’S HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE 1880S;178
12;CHANGING IMAGES OF THE INCLINED PLANE, 1880–1920: A CASE STUDY OF A REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN SCIENCE EDUCATION;208
13;REFORMING AMERICAN PHYSICS PEDAGOGY IN THE 1880S: INTRODUCING ‘LEARNING BY DOING’ VIA STUDENT LABORATORY EXERCISES;244
14;THE EVOLUTION OF TEACHING INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR USE BETWEEN 1800 AND 1930;282
15;“SIMPLEX SIGILLUM VERI”: ROBERT POHL AND DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS AFTER THE GREAT WAR;318
16;THE ROLE OF INSTRUMENTS IN TEACHING SCIENCE: A MACHIAN VIEW;350
17;NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS;362

Über Autor(innen)

Wittje, Roland
Roland Wittje ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Universität Regensburg.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Geschichte der Physik im neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert, wissenschaftliche Instrumente und universitätshistorische Sammlungen.

Roland Wittje is lecturer at the History of Science Unit of the University of Regensburg, Germany.
His research interests include the history of physics in the nineteenth and twentieth century, scientific instruments and university collections.

Heering, Peter
Peter Heering ist Professor für Physik und ihre Didaktik an der Universität Flensburg.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Experimentelle Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschichte des naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts und die historischen Zugänge im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht.

Peter Heering is professor of physics and physics didactics at the University of Flensburg, Germany.
His research interest includes experimental history of science, the history of science education, and the history and philosophy of science in science education.