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• Machine generated contents note: 1.1. Philosophy of Science Education Framework
• 1.2. Relation to Philosophy
• 1.3. Relation to Philosophy of Science
• 1.4. Relation to Philosophy of Education
• 1.5. Nature of Philosophy of Science Education (PSE): Scope and Possibilities
• 2.1. Surveying the Issues
• 2.2. Overview of Science Education Reforms: A Recycling of Competing Ideas?
• 2.3. Philosophy of Science Education and Educational Theory
• 2.4. What is a Metatheory?
• 2.5. Why Does Science Education Require a Metatheory?
• 2.6. Summary
• 3.1. Locating Philosophy of Science Education: Bildung, Educational Metatheory, and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)
• 3.2. Kieran Egan's Educational Metatheory
• 3.3. Egan's Metatheory and HPS Science Education
• 3.4. Summary
• 4.1. Philosophy of Science Education, Epistemology, PCK, and Content Knowledge
• 4.2. Philosophy of Science Education and Nature of Science (NoS)
• 4.3. Kuhn, Schwab, and Siegel on Science Education and Textbooks
• 4.4. Epistemology, HPS, and Student Learning Theories
• 4.5. Epistemology and Curriculum Design: Scientism and Nature of Science
• 4.6. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Objectivism and Representation
• 4.7. PSE Case Study: The Realism/Instrumentalism Controversy in Philosophy of Science and its Value for Science Pedagogy
• 4.8. Summary
• 5.1. Introduction-The Shift from Epistemology to Ontology: The "Interpretative Turn" and Hermeneutics
• 5.2. PSE Case Study: Science Education, Dewey, Gadamer, and Language
• 5.3. Deweyan Legacy in Science Education
• 5.4. John Dewey's Linguistic Assumptions
• 5.5. Dewey's Linguistic Progressivism
• 5.6. Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Nature of Language
• 5.7. Relevancy of Gadamer's Language Theory to Science Education
• 5.8. Summary.

This book presents a "philosophy of science education" as a research field as well as its value for curriculum, instruction and teacher pedagogy. It seeks to re-think science education as an educational endeavour by examining why past reform efforts have been only partially successful, including why the fundamental goal of achieving scientific literacy after several "reform waves" has proven to be so elusive. The identity of such a philosophy is first defined in relation to the fields of philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of education. It argues that educational theory can support teacher's pedagogical content knowledge and that history, philosophy and sociology of science should inform and influence pedagogy. Some case studies are provided which examine the nature of science and the nature of language to illustrate why and how a philosophy of science education contributes to science education reform. It seeks to contribute in general to the improvement of curriculum design and science teacher education. The perspective to be taken on board is that to teach science is to have a philosophical frame of mind-about the subject, about education, about one's personal teacher identity.
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Conventional wisdom has it that science is boring. The Science Files, an hourly radio call-in talk show about science, is anything but boring, and certainly none of the listeners, emailers or tweeters who participate in the call-in radio talk show think science is boring either. Richard Zurawski has been hosting The Science Files for eight years and has fielded literally thousands of questions. This book, The Science Files, is about the questions that listeners have been asking about science and the way the world, nature and the universe works. Compiled by Zurawski, the questions and answers in this book are lively, engaging and interesting discussions about a wide range of topics. Present throughout is Zurawski s passion for learning and his genuine fascination with the natural world. Furthermore, The Science Files is a dialogue that encourages readers and participants alike to continue to learn and to ask questions.
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• The American journal of science from 1818 to 1918, by E.S. Dana.--A century of geology: the progress of historical geology in North America, by C. Schuchert.--A century of geology: steps of progress in the interpretation of land forms, by H.E. Gregory.--A century of geology (continued): the growth of knowledge of earth structure, by J. Barrell.--A century of government geological surveys, by G.O. Smith.--On the development of vertebrate paleontology, by R.S. Lull.--The rise of petrology as a science, by L.V. Pirsson.--The growth of mineralogy from 1818 to 1918, by W.E. Ford.--The work of the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie institution of Washington, by R.B. Sosman.--The progress of chemistry during the past one hundred years, by H.L. Wells and H.W. Foote.--A century's progress in physics, by L. Page.--A century of zoology in America, by W.R. Coe.--The development of botanty since 1818, by G.L. Goodale.

List of members in each volume.

• Does Nutrisweet have calories?
• A Water Magnifier
• Conversation at a Crowded Party
• Can a Theory Evolve into a Law?
• A Cat "Flips out"
• Winter Sounds
• Rust
• Hungry Lasagna
• A Wet Paintbrush
• The Glory
• Horns vs. Antlers
• Glacier "Sawdust": The Colorful Component of Mountain Lakes
• Would You Drink This?
• Tickling the Funny Bone
• The Shape of Snow
• Remembrance of Things Past for Babies
• Ravens Avian Einsteins
• Ant Antennae: Two Way Communication
• The Echo of a Train
• Old-fashioned Ice Cream Makers
• Forry, Wrong Number
• What Obesity and a Lack of Fatty Tissue Have in Common
• Look Through Your Comb at the Mirror
• Blow Out Candles with an Oatmeal Box
• Wrong Name!
• When Pop Bottles Don't Blow UpAnd When They Do
• Common Birthdays, Classic of Probability
• Take Bets on a Leaky Milk Carton
• Smells and Memories
• Big Shadows
• Half Heads, Half Tails
• Spiders Don't Get Caught in Their Own Webs
• Bilingual Brain
• The Shape of the Earth
• It's Now What You Hear - It's When You Hear It
• Weightless Water
• The Force of a Tornado
• The QWERTY Effect
• The Spinning Earth and the Weather
• The Floating Cork Trick
• On a Clear Day, How Far Can You See?
• Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches on the Snow
• Dog Facial Expressions and Humans
• Why is the Sky Blue?
• Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel
• Diamonds
• Saccadic Suppression
• Spoonerisms
• Dimples in Golfballs
• Why Do Cats' Eye Glow at Night?
• The Shape of Lightning Bolts
• Alcohol in Pie . . . and Fried Fish?
• How Time Passes in Dreams
• Why You Can Never Get to the End of the Rainbow
• Do the Best Dogs Come from the Pound?
• Cooking with Wine
• Listening Underwater
• Why Are Bells Made of Metal
• An Inverted Image
• The Elastic Ruler
• The Sweet Spot on a Baseball Bat
• Why Kids can Sleep through just about Anything
• Cold Water at the Bottom of the Lake
• Bad Grades and Biological Clocks
• The Twin Within
• Limeys
• The Secret Life of Hiccups
• How Does the World Look to a Bee?
• Cottonmouth
• Why Mowing the Lawn Doesn't Kill the Grass
• The Consequences of Smallness
• Antimatter
• How Dogs Eat
• The Secret of Clear Ice Cubes
• Broken Cups and Atoms
• One-way Glass
• Late Night Radio
• Why Honey Turns Hard
• Adding and Subtracting Colors
• Breaking a Coffee Cup
• Deja vu
• A Rock in a Row Boat
• When It Smells Like Rain
• Mirages
• Why Popcorn Pops
• Make an Image Without a Lens
• A Rising Fastball
• Chimes For Your Ears Only
• How Can You Tell If a Spider is Dead?
• Why Fan Blades Stay Dirty
• The Legacy of the Dodo
• Get Your Bearings with Two Thumbtacks
• More Than One Way to Make a Frog
• A Dot, A Line, A Crease, A Beautiful Curve
• The Shape of Sound
• Blinking
• Sorting Out Musical Pitches
• Newton, Tennis, and the Nature of Light
• Roll Over, George Washington
• Don't Believe Your Fingers
• Opera Singers Cut through the Orchestra
• Curved Space in a Christmas Ornament
• Coriolis Effect
• Catch A Falling Dollar
• Illusion in a Coffee Cup
• Why Do We Put Cut Flowers in Water?
• Knuckle Cracking
• Life Without Zero
• For This You Need a Doctor?
• Two-Point Threshold
• A Mirror Riddle
• Sort Nuts By Shaking Can
• Why A Rubber Band Snaps Back
• Some Like It Hot
• Breaking the Tension
• Why 5,280 Feet?
• Balance A Yardstick Without Looking
• Heat Lightning.
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What can you learn about your world in just a moment? Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or whether dogs can read our facial expressions? Don Glass and experts in their fields answer these questions and many more. Written for readers of all ages with no background in science required, How the World Looks to a Bee is the perfect armchair companion for curious people who want to know more about the science of everyday life but have only a moment to spare. With intriguing everyday phenomena as a starting point, this entertaining collection uses short tutorials and quick and simple experiments to invite readers to test the science for themselves. These fascinating and topical science stories are sure to delight the curious child in all of us.
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Committee Serial No. 1.