International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group NEWSLETTER www.ihpst.net April-May 2014 CONTENTS 1. Science & Education Journal, Volume 23 Number 4 Thematic Issue: History of Science in Museums & Varia Guest Editors: Anastasia Filippoupoliti & Dimitris Koliopoulos 2. Science & Education Journal, Volume 23 Number 5 First IHPST Asian Regional Conference Guest Editors: Jinwoong Song, Sungook Hong, Sang Wook Yi 3. Science & Education Journal, Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal (b) Journal on the Web (c) Manuscript Submissions (d) Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors (e) Article Downloads (f) Thematic Issues (g) Journal Reviewing 4. Journal Thematic Issue, Call for Papers, The Interplay of Physics and Mathematics: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Considerations 5. The 3rd Latin American Regional IHPST Conference, November 17-19, 2014, Santiago, Chile 6. The 2nd Asian Regional IHPST Conference, December 4 –7, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan 7. European Society of History of Science, 6th International Conference, Lisbon, 4-6 September 2014 8. 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 3-8 August 2015, Helsinki 9. International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching 10. Book Reviews (i) Kostas Kampourakis (ed.) (2013) The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, Springer. [CHARBEL N. EL-HANI] (ii) Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (2010): Teaching Children Science: Hands-on Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930. The University of Chicago Press [MARIA ELICE BRZEZINSKI PRESTES] (iii) Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden (2013) In Search of Mechanisms: Discoveries across the Life Sciences. University of Chicago Press [Stuart Glennan] (iv) Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky (eds.) (2012) Environment, Health and History. Palgrave Macmillan. [JOHN OVERSBY] (v) Graham Farmelo (2013), ‘Churchill’s Bomb-A History of Science, War and Politics’, Faber & Faber. [MARTIN UNDERWOOD] (vi) Alexander Bird & James Ladyman (2013), Arguing about Science, Routledge, [ANGELO CEI] 11. Coming Conferences 12. IHPST Council (2013-15) 13. Newsletter Items 1. Science & Education Volume 23 Number 4, April 2014 History of Science in Museums Guest Editors: Anastasia Filippoupoliti & Dimitris Koliopoulos DIMITRIS KOLIOPOULOS & ANASTASIA FILIPPOUPOLITI / Introduction JEAN-MARC LEVY-LEBLOND / The Muses of Science: A Utopian Oracle MARTA C. LOURENÇO & SAMUEL GESSNER / Documenting collections: Cornerstones for more history of science in museums PIETRO CERRETA / The Gravity-Powered Calculator, a Galilean Exhibit LIDIA FALOMO, GABRIELE ALBANESI & FABIO BEVILACQUA / Museum Heroes All: The Pavia Approach to School-Science Museum Interactions DIMITRIS KOLIOPOULOS & ANASTASIA FILIPPOUPOLITI / Informal and non-formal education: An outline of history of science in museums Varia STEFAAN BLANCKE, TAMMY SCHELLENS, RONALD SOETAERT, HILDE VAN KEER & JOHAN BRAECKMAN / From Ends to Causes (and back again) by metaphor: The Paradox of Natural Selection CÉCILE DE HOSSON & NICOLAS DÉCAMP / Using Ancient Chinese and Greek Astronomical Data: A Training Sequence in Elementary Astronomy for Pre-Service Primary School Teachers EBRU ZEYNEP MUGALOGLU / Constructivism and Pseudoscience in the Science Classroom FENG DENG, CHING SING CHAI, CHIN-CHUNG TSAI & TZUNG-JIN LIN / Assessing South China (Guangzhou) High School Students' Views on Nature of Science: A Validation Study ÖMER FARUK ÖZDEMIR & SULE DÖNERTAS KÖSEM / The Nature and Role of Thought Experiments in Solving Conceptual Physics Problems IRENE ARRIASSECQ, SEOANE EUGENIA & ILEANA GRECA / Epistemological issues concerning computer simulations in science and their implications for science education MATTEO LEONE / History of Physics as a Tool to Detect the Conceptual Difficulties Experienced by Students: The Case of Simple Electric Circuits in Primary Education JOSÉ ANTONIO CHAMIZO / The Role of Instruments in the Three Chemical' Revolutions 2. Science & Education Volume 23 Number 5, May 2014 First IHPST Asian Regional Conference Guest Editors: Jinwoong Song, Sungook Hong, Sang Wook Yi Introduction Theoretical Studies SATO KUNIMASA / Reconsideration of the Paradox of Inquiry AXEL GELFERT / Applicability, Indispensability, and Underdetermination: Puzzling over Wigner's 'Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics' YONG WOOK CHEONG & JINWOONG SONG / Different Levels of the Meaning of Wave- Particle Duality and a Suspensive Perspective on the Interpretation of Quantum Theory JIYEON NA & JINWOONG SONG / Everyday Experience and Science Education: Interpreting Primary Students' Science Discourse from the Perspective of John Dewey MINSU HA & ROSS H. NEHM / Darwin's difficulty with 'degeneration' and students' struggles with 'loss': Cognitive-historical parallelisms in evolutionary explanation Pedagogical Studies HEUI-BAIK KIM & SHINYOUNG LEE Exploring secondary students’ epistemological features depending on the evaluation levels of the group model on blood circulation KYUNGHEE CHOI & HYANG-YON RHEE / Design and Implementation of Science and Technology Ethics Education Program for Prospective Science Teachers HUNKOOG JHO, HYE-GYOUNG YOON & MIJUNG KIM / The relationship of science knowledge, attitude and decision making on socio-scientific issues: The case study of students' debates on a nuclear power plant in Korea TETSUO ISOZAKI / The organisation and the recontextualization of 'Rika' (science) education in the second half of the 19th century in Japan HYERAN PARK, EARL WOODRUFF & WENDY NIELSEN / Students’ conceptions of the nature of science: Perspectives from Canadian and Korean middle school students. EUN HEE CHO, SUN YOUNG KIM & SANG WOOK YI, / Production of a Science Documentary and its Usefulness in Teaching the Nature of Science: Indirect Experience of How Science Works Book Reviews FINN COLLIN / Vasso Kindi & Theodore Arabatzis (eds) (2012) Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited, Routledge. ANGELO CEI / Alexander Bird & James Ladyman (2013) Learning to Argue about Science, Routledge COLIN F. GAULD / Gregory L. Baker (2005/2011), Seven Tales of the Pendulum, Oxford University Press 3. Science & Education Journal Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal All involved with Science & Education journal are concerned to improve school and university science education by publishing substantial research that utilises historical, philosophical and sociological scholarship. The journal promotes the engagement of these fields with theoretical, curricular and pedagogical issues in science education. It has a particular interest in bringing these fields of knowledge into teacher-education programmes. The journal welcomes contributions that examine and extend the liberal or humanistic tradition of science teaching. It welcomes serious cross-disciplinary approaches to theoretical, curricular and pedagogical issues. It seeks to promote discussion of the philosophy and purposes of science education, and its contribution to the intellectual and ethical development of individuals and cultures. In this latter endeavour it recognises that many of the major decisions facing science teachers, curriculum writers and administrators have their roots and solutions in fundamental philosophy of education. (b) Journal on the Web The journal Science & Education is now available on the web at: http://www.springerlink.com then PUBLICATIONS, then S, then ‘Science & Education’), or more directly at the journal’s home page: www.springer.com/journal/11191. 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