Learning by Doing: Experiments and Instruments in the History of Science Teaching - Softcover

9783515098427: Learning by Doing: Experiments and Instruments in the History of Science Teaching

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3515098429 ISBN 13: 9783515098427

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2011

This volume 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 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.

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About the Author

Peter Heering ist Professor fur Physik und ihre Didaktik an der Universitat Flensburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Experimentelle Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschichte des naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts und die historischen Zugange 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. Roland Wittje ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Universitat Regensburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Geschichte der Physik im neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert, wissenschaftliche Instrumente und universitatshistorische 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.

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