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Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
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Here I Am
(Hardcover)
Keith Scott
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The goal of this book is to introduce a reader to a new philosophy
of teaching and learning physics - Investigative Science Learning
Environment, or ISLE (pronounced as a small island). ISLE is an
example of an "intentional" approach to curriculum design and
learning activities (MacMillan and Garrison 1988 A Logical Theory
of Teaching: Erotetics and Intentionality). Intentionality means
that the process through which the learning occurs is as crucial
for learning as the final outcome or learned content. In ISLE, the
process through which students learn mirrors the practice of
physics.
The modern research university originated in Europe in the second
half of the nineteenth century, largely due to the creation and
expansion of the teaching and research laboratory. The universities
and the sciences underwent a laboratory revolution that
fundamentally changed the nature of both. This revolutionary
development began in chemistry, where Justus Liebig is credited
with systematically employing his students in his ongoing research
during the 1830s. Later, this development spread to other fields,
including the social sciences and the humanities. The consequences
for the universities were colossal. The expansion of the
laboratories demanded extensive new building programs, reshaping
the outlook of the university. The social structure of the
university also diversified because of this laboratory expansion,
while what it meant to be a scientist changed dramatically. This
volume explores the spatial, social, and cultural dimensions of the
rise of the modern research laboratory within universities and
their consequent reshaping.
The Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series,
previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth
Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes
since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of
Oxford. International in focus, Oxford University Studies in the
Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth
century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political
theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are
published in English or French.
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The Kaldron
(Hardcover)
Pa ). Allegheny College (Meadville
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