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Lombard, François; Weiss, Laura – Science & Education, 2018
We will attempt a synthesis from various research perspectives that have analyzed the alterations that knowledge inevitably goes through while percolating into classroom activities. We will try to identify some of their causes and will illustrate them with examples in genetics. First, we will discuss some research on knowledge transformation when…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Educational Research, Genetics, Epistemology
Carrier, Martin – Science & Education, 2013
My intention is to cast light on the characteristics of epistemic or fundamental research (in contrast to application-oriented research). I contrast a Baconian notion of objectivity, expressing a correspondence of the views of scientists to the facts, with a pluralist notion, involving a critical debate between conflicting approaches. These…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Values, Scientific Research, Scientific Principles
Takacs, Peter; Ruse, Michael – Science & Education, 2013
The philosophy of biology today is one of the most exciting areas of philosophy. It looks critically across the life sciences, teasing out conceptual issues and difficulties bringing to bear the tools of philosophical analysis to achieve clarification and understanding. This essay surveys work in all of the major directions of research:…
Descriptors: Ecology, Ethics, Evolution, Biology
Tala, Suvi – Science & Education, 2011
In physics, the borderline between pure science and technology is increasingly diffuse. Physics can be seen as technoscience, a merged scientific and technological enterprise. The notion of technoscience has emerged from studies in the philosophy of science and sociology of science, and also seems to arise quite naturally in discussions with…
Descriptors: Expertise, Scientific Methodology, Physics, Intellectual Disciplines