Science, worldviews and education
By: M.R. Matthews, editor
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9789048127788
Subjects: Science and civilization; Science; Study and teaching
Other titles: Science & education.
Notes: Articles originally published in the journal Science & education, vol. 18, no. 6-7, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Science, worldviews, and education  -- H.G. Gauch Jr.; title: Teaching the philosophical and worldview components of science  -- M.R. Matthews; title: Worldviews and their relation to science  -- G̈ürol Irzik, Robert Nola; title: Contemporary science and worldview-making  -- A. Cordero; title: The electromagnetic conception of nature at the root of the special and general relativity theories and its revolutionary meaning  -- E.R.A. Giannetto; title: Imagining the world : the significance of religious worldviews for science education  -- M.J. Reiss; title: Whose science and whose religion? Reflections on the relations between scientific and religious worldviews  -- S. Glennan; title: Can science test supernatural worldviews?  -- Y.I. Fishman; title: The interplay of scientific activity, worldviews, and value outlooks  -- H. Lacey; title: Fall and rise of Aristotelian metaphysics in the philosophy of science  -- J. Lamont; title: Modern science and conservative Islam :  an uneasy relationship  -- T. Edis; title: Science and worldviews in the Marxist tradition  -- C.D. Skordoulis; title: Science and worldviews in the classroom : Joseph Priestley and photosynthesis  -- M.R. Matthews; title: Responses and clarifications regarding science and worldviews -- H.G. Gauch Jr.