Michael R. Matthews

ORCID: 0000-0003-4795-922X
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Research Areas
  • Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Evolution and Science Education
  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Science Education and Perceptions
  • Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
  • History of Science and Natural History
  • History of Science and Medicine
  • Chinese history and philosophy
  • Landscape and Cultural Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
  • Philosophy, Science, and History
  • History and Developments in Astronomy
  • Science and Climate Studies
  • Educational theories and practices
  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
  • Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
  • Japanese History and Culture
  • Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Biofield Effects and Biophysics
  • Classical Philosophy and Thought
  • Cognitive Science and Education Research

Medical University of South Carolina
2024

UNSW Sydney
2014-2023

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2022

Stanford University
2022

University of California, Los Angeles
2022

University of Wisconsin–Madison
2022

University College Lahore
2021

East Asia School of Theology
2021

Elon University
2020

KPMG (United States)
2001

This article mentions briefly the long tradition of proposals for including historical and epistemological elements in science programs; it draws attention to some contemporary educational issues that hinge upon interpretations nature science, especially constructivist proposals; range philosophical debate on merits constructivism; examines one goal commonly advanced teaching about suggests this can amount indoctrination; and, finally, proposes a modest such teaching. © 1998 John Wiley &...

10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199802)35:2<161::aid-tea6>3.0.co;2-q article EN Journal of Research in Science Teaching 1998-02-01

10.1023/a:1011913813847 article EN Educational Psychology Review 2001-01-01

10.1023/a:1014661312550 article EN Journal of Science Education and Technology 2002-01-01

10.1007/bf00694598 article EN Journal of Science Education and Technology 1993-03-01

Beginning 60 years ago, Thomas Kuhn has had a significant impact across the academy and on culture more widely. And he great science education research, theorising, pedagogy. For majority of educators, second edition (1970) his

10.1007/s11191-022-00408-1 article EN public-domain Science & Education 2022-12-13

This paper traces the use of, and arguments for, history philosophy of science in school courses. Specific attention is paid to British National Curriculum proposals .:o recommendations US Project 2061 curriculum guidelines. Some objections inclusion historical material courses are outlined answered. Mention made Piagetian thesis that individual psychoIog: cal development mirrors concepts science. introduces topic idealisation significant instances itemised where education has, at its...

10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4447 article EN Enseñanza de las Ciencias Revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas 1994-01-12

Abstract Thomas Kuhn has had an impact in all academic fields. In science education, Kuhnian themes are especially noticeable conceptual change research, constructivist theorizing, and multicultural education debates. Unfortunately the influence is frequently compromised by researchers having a limited understanding of Kuhn's original ideas, little exposure to tradition philosophical opposition theories, minimal appreciation how progressively qualified his initial “irrationalist'' views...

10.1002/sce.10111 article EN Science Education 2003-12-03
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