Micheal R. Matthews

Michael R. Matthews

Michael Robert Matthews (an haife shi 19 Mayu 1948) farfesa ne mai daraja (Karramammen Maitaimakin farfesa) a makarantar ilimi, dake Jami’ar New South Wales (jamia'ar New South Wales, UNSW), Australia. 

 Ilimi da Farkon Rayuwa 
An haife shi a Sydney, Australia. 

Ya yi karatu na farko (Bachelor of Science) a fannin kimiyya (Science) daga Jami’ar Sydney a shekara ta 1967. 

Nan take ya samu Diploma na koyarwa (DipEd) daga Sydney Teachers College a 1968. 

Ya ci gaba da digiri a fannoni daban-daban: digiri biyu (double honours) a Psychology da Philosophy, sannan MEd a falsafar ilimi (Philosophy of Education). 

Ya karɓi PhD daga UNSW a 1980, aikin thesis ɗinsa ya yi tsokaci ne kan epistemology na Paul Hirst. 

 Sana’a da Ayyuka 
Ya fara koyarwa a matakin makarantar sakandare, sannan ya zama malami a Teachers College. 

A cikin shekarun 1992-1993, ya zama tushen farfesa na Science Education a Jami’ar Auckland, New Zealand. 

Ya koyar da falsafar ilimi (Philosophy of Education) a UNSW, har zuwa ritayarsa daga aiki koyarwa a 2008, sai ya zama mai daraja (honorary associate professor). 

Ya yi aikin ba da shugabanci a fannonin nazarin tarihi da falsafar kimiyya da ilimin kimiyya (History and Philosophy of Science, HPS) da kuma koyar da kimiyya. 

 Gudummawa da Ayyukan Bincike 
Matthews ya wallafa littattafai, ƙasidu (“book chapters”), da takardu (“journal articles”) da dama a fannonin falsafar ilimi, tarihin kimiyya, da koyar da kimiyya. 

Ya kasance Editan farko na mujallar Science & Education: Contributions from the History and Philosophy of Science daga 1992 zuwa 2014. 

Ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyi da taruka masu alaƙa da koyar da kimiyya ta amfani da tarihin da falsafar kimiyya (HPS&ST). 

 Lambar Yabo da Girmamawa 
A cikin shekarar 2010, an ba shi James H. Hazen Education Prize na History of Science Society (USA) don hazakar sa a fannin koyar da tarihi da kimiyya. 

A 2015, ƙungiyar International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group ta fara baiwa da ake kira ‘Distinguished Achievement Award’, kuma Matthews shi ne na farko aka ba wannan lambar. 

An kuma zaɓe shi a matsayin Fellow na Royal Society of New South Wales don gudummawar sa a binciken HPS&ST. 

 Ra’ayoyi da Muhimmancin Ayyukansa 
Matthews ya yi ƙoƙari sosai wajen haɗa tarihin kimiyya da falsafar kimiyya cikin koyar da kimiyya ta makaranta, domin su taimaka wajen inganta fahimtar dalibai game da yanayin kimiyya, yadda ake gudanar da bincike (method), nazarin asalin ilimin kimiyya, da yadda kimiyya take hulɗa da al’adu da falsafa. 

Ya nuna muhimmancin ci gaba da koyarwa da bincike waɗanda basa yin ƙasa da tunanin kimiyya kawai, amma su haɗa tarihin kimiyya da falsafar kimiyya domin koyarwa ta zama mai ma'ana kuma mai zurfi.

 Manazarta 

 Matthews, Michael R. (1980). The Marxist theory of schooling : a study of epistemology and education. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press. ISBN 0-391-01801-9. OCLC 7611572. 

 Matthews, Michael R. (1982). Pyrmont & Ultimo : a history. [Ultimo, N.S.W.]: [Pyrmont Ultimo History Project]. ISBN 0-909368-49-X. OCLC 11235156.