Conference Meeting: How Can the History and Philosophy of Science Contribute to Contemporary Science Teaching?

会议：科学史和科学哲学如何为当代科学教学做出贡献？

• 批准号: 1205273
• 负责人: Peter Garik
• 金额: $ 8.18万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1205273&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Meeting; How; History; Philosophy

This project will support a conference on teaching history and philosophy of science in K-12 science classes. The history and philosophy of science (HPS) are important topics that play a significant role in scholarship about science: its historical and current development; its methods and innovations in such methods; and its philosophical and theoretical bases. HPS is also included, in some form or other, in many state's science standards and in national standards and reform efforts. Despite this prevalence and relevance, there is surprisingly little empirical evidence on how HPS should be taught to achieve desired learning outcomes. This is particularly true of the relationship of HPS to science achievement, as measurable by most standardized tests, but it is also true of the relationship of HPS to other outcomes, such as inquiry skills, practices of science, or scientific reasoning ability. The present conference will envision a research agenda about the role of HPS in K-12 education. It will include scholars from a variety of fields: HPS; STEM disciplines; science education research; psychology and cognitive sciences; and education research methods. The 2.5-day conference will combine three activities: a one-day symposium with public lectures and panel discussions by US and international scholars on HPS, science education, cognitive science, and education research; a one-day invitational workshop to set an agenda for future research and ideas for proposals for future funded projects; and a meeting of the project steering committee to synthesize points from Days 1-2 and to coordinate writing of a monograph, journal special issue, or similar compilation of reports to the field.

该项目将支持一个关于在K-12科学课程中教授科学历史和科学哲学的会议。 科学史和科学哲学是科学研究中的重要课题，它包括科学的历史和现状、科学的方法和创新、科学的哲学基础和理论基础。HPS也以某种形式或其他形式被包括在许多州的科学标准和国家标准以及改革努力中。尽管这种普遍性和相关性，有令人惊讶的是，很少有经验证据表明，如何HPS应该教，以实现理想的学习成果。HPS与科学成就的关系尤其如此，因为大多数标准化测试都可以衡量，但HPS与其他结果的关系也是如此，例如探究技能，科学实践或科学推理能力。本次会议将设想一个关于HPS在K-12教育中的作用的研究议程。它将包括来自各个领域的学者：HPS; STEM学科;科学教育研究;心理学和认知科学;以及教育研究方法。为期两天半的会议将包括联合收割机三项活动：为期一天的研讨会，由美国和国际学者就HPS、科学教育、认知科学和教育研究进行公开演讲和小组讨论;为期一天的邀请研讨会，为未来的研究制定议程，并为未来资助项目的建议提出想法;为期一天的学术研讨会，为未来的研究制定议程，并为未来的资助项目提出建议。以及项目指导委员会会议，以综合第1-2天的要点，并协调撰写专题论文、期刊特刊或类似的实地报告汇编。