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Michael Matthews

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  A este profesor lo conocí hace unos cuantos años en un Congreso en Rosario, él estaba a cargo de una conferencia y aún estamos en contacto. Ahora les informo de su página y algunos detalles.

  Associate Professor Michael Matthews

  

  Honorary Associate Professor

  BSc MA MEd DipEd Syd, PhD UNSW

  School of Education

  Contact

  Email:

  m.matthews@unsw.edu.au

  Phone:

  02 9418 3665

  Location:

  Goodsell Building

  Campus:

  Kensington Campus

  Consultation

  not applicable; please phone for appointment

  Fields: Specialist Studies in Education

  Michael Matthews is an honorary associate professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales.  He has degrees in Geology, Psychology, Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, and Education.  His PhD in philosophy of education is from UNSW.   

  He has taught high school science, and lectured at Sydney Teachers’ College and the University of New South Wales.  He was the Foundation Professor of Science Education at The University of Auckland (1992-93).  

  He has published in philosophy of education, history and philosophy of science, and science education journals, handbooks, encyclopaedias and anthologies.  He is Foundation and continuing editor of the journal Science & Education: Contributions from the History and Philosophy of Science.  

  His books include The Marxist Theory of Schooling: A Study of Epistemology and Education (Humanities Press 1980); Science Teaching: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science (Routledge 1994); Challenging New Zealand Science Education (Dunmore Press 1995); and Time for Science Education: How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Improve Science Literacy (Plenum Publishers 2000); Science Teaching: The Contribution of History and Philosophy of Science. 20^th Anniversary enlarged edition (Routledge 1994);

  His edited books include The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy (Hackett 1989); History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: Selected Readings (Teachers College Press 1991); Constructivism in Science Education: A Philosophical Examination(Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998); Science Education and Culture (Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001, with F. Bevilacqua and E. Giannetto); The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives (Springer 2005, with A. Stinner and C.F. Gauld); Science, Worldviews and Education (Springer 2009) and the Springer Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching (Springer 2014).

   In 2010 he was awarded the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize of the History of Science Society (USA) in recognition of his contributions to the teaching of history of science.