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  • Feyerabend’s Epistemological Anarchism
    Mansoor Niaz
    This book argues that the traditional image of Feyerabend is erroneous and that, contrary to common belief, he was a great admirer of science. It shows how Feyerabend presented a vision of science that represented how science really works. Besides giving a theoretical framework based on Feyerabend´s philosophy of science, the book offers criteria that can help readers to evalua...
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    134,14 €

  • Students’ Understanding of Research Methodology in the Context of Dynamics of Scientific Progress
    Mansoor Niaz / Mayra Rivas
    This book discusses how to improve high school students’understanding of research methodology based on alternative interpretations of data, role of controversies, creativity andthe scientific method, in the context of the oil drop experiment. These aspects form an important part of thenature of science (NOS). The study reported in this volume is is based on a reflective, expli...
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    66,61 €

  • Facilitating Conceptual Change in Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table
    Mansoor Niaz / Marniev Luiggi
    This book is about how students are taught the periodic table. It reviews aspects of the periodic table’s development, using the history and philosophy of science. The teaching method presented in this book is ideal for teaching the subject in high school and at introductory university level. Chemistry students taught in this new, experimental way are compared with those taught...
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    60,28 €

  • Reconstruction of Wave-Particle Duality and its Implications for General Chemistry Textbooks
    Cecilia Marcano / Mansoor Niaz
    It goes without saying that atomic structure, including its dual wave-particle nature, cannot be demonstrated in the classroom. Thus, for most science teachers, especially those in physics and chemistry, the textbook is their key resource and their students’ core source of information. Science education historiography recognizes the role played by the history and philosophy of ...
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    60,17 €

  • Nature of Science in General Chemistry Textbooks
    Arelys Maza / Mansoor Niaz
    Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Criteria for evaluation of general chemistry textbooks.- Evaluation of general chemistry textbooks: Results and discussion.- Conclusion and educational implications.- References.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Index. ...
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    60,11 €

  • Critical Appraisal of Physical Science as a Human Enterprise
    Mansoor Niaz
    DedicationAcknowledgmentsIntroductionQuantitative imperative vs the imperative of presuppositionsUnderstanding scientific progress: From Duhem to LakatosKinetic theory: Maxwell’s PresuppositionsPeriodic table of the chemical elements: From Mendeleev to MoseleyFoundations of modern atomic theory: Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr Determination of the elementary electrical charge: Mi...
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    183,37 €

  • Innovating Science Teacher Education
    Mansoor Niaz
    This book presents an overview of the history and philosophy of science, explores its methodological and educational implications, and develops innovative teaching strategies, based on actual classroom practice, that emphasize ’science-in-the-making’. ...
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    89,51 €