[Maths-Education] 'Sc.&Ed.' journal: Constructivism Issue

[Michael Matthews]

Dear Colleague,

The special issue of the journal =91Science & Education=92 devoted to the=
 topic
of =91Constructivism and Science Education=92 has just been published (Vol.9
No.6). =20

It contains 7 articles, 146pp with 63,000 words.  The contributors include
four philosophers and three science educators, drawn from five countries.

Because of the importance of the topic, and the calibre of the
contributions, the issue has been overprinted and is available through the
International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPSTG) to
non-subscribers.

The issue will shortly be mailed to subscribers and others who have
previously ordered the issue.

The cost is USD25 (AUD40), air mail included.  The Contents and an Order
Form for the special issue (and subscription form for the journal) follow.
Credit Card payments can be lodged by email.

Regards,


Michael R. Matthews
Secretary, IHPSTG
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SCIENCE & EDUCATION

Volume 9  No. 6 November 2000

CONSTRUCTIVISM AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

Editorial

PHILIP MATTHEWS / Learning Science: Some Insights from Cognitive Science

STUART ROWLANDS / Turning Vygotsky on his Head: Vygotsky=92s =91Scientifical=
ly
Based Method=92 and the Socioculturalist=92s =91Social Other=92

ANTON E. LAWSON / How Do People Learn?  And What Does That Imply About the
Nature of Knowledge?

EDGAR JENKINS / Constructivism in School Science Education: Powerful Model
or the Most Dangerous Intellectual Tendency?

PETER DAVSON-GALLE / Contra Garrisonian Social Constructivism

JIM GARRISION / Deweyean Constructivism Defended: A Reply to Davson-Galle

G=DCROL IRZIK / Back to Basics: A Philosophical Critique of Constructivism

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A/Prof Michael R. Matthews
School of Education
University of New South Wales
Sydney, 2052
AUSTRALIA

email: m.matthews@unsw.edu.au
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