Education Science And Truth

Author : Roger G. Newton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674910923

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The Truth of Science by Roger G. Newton Pdf

It's not a scientific truth that has come into question lately but the truth--the very notion of scientific truth. Bringing a reasonable voice to the culture wars that have sprung up around this notion, this book offers a clear and constructive response to those who contend, in parodies, polemics and op-ed pieces, that there really is no such thing as verifiable objective truth--without which there could be no such thing as scientific authority. A distinguished physicist with a rare gift for making the most complicated scientific ideas comprehensible, Roger Newton gives us a guided tour of the intellectual structure of physical science. From there he conducts us through the understanding of reality engendered by modern physics, the most theoretically advanced of the sciences. With its firsthand look at models, facts, and theories, intuition and imagination, the use of analogies and metaphors, the importance of mathematics (and now, computers), and the "virtual" reality of the physics of micro-particles, The Truth of Science truly is a practicing scientist's account of the foundations, processes, and value of science. To claims that science is a social construction, Newton answers with the working scientist's credo: "A body of assertions is true if it forms a coherent whole and works both in the external world and in our minds." The truth of science, for Newton, is nothing more or less than a relentless questioning of authority combined with a relentless striving for objectivity in the full awareness that the process never ends. With its lucid exposition of the ideals, methods, and goals of science, his book performs a great feat in service of this truth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781135840655

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Education, Science and Truth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rasoul Nejadmehr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135840648

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Education, Science and Truth by Rasoul Nejadmehr Pdf

What is the main problem of contemporary education? Rasoul Nejadmehr argues that the cardinal problem with education is that it does not have an adequate notion of truth underpinning it. Thinkers mainly tend to veer towards two poles - absolutism and relativism. While a one-sided tendency toward absolutism leads to reified categories of thought and alienation, a tendency toward relativism leads to lack of universality and nihilism. Education, Science and Truth suggests a way out by bridging not only divides between and within analytical and continental philosophy but also those of modernism and postmodernism. By using a range of issues, disciplines and literature, Nejadmehr formulates a new version of the concept of objectivity based on the inclusion of multiple perspectives, including ones from art, philosophy and marginalized groups.

Author : Pamela Rose Toulouse
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553797678

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Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools by Pamela Rose Toulouse Pdf

In this book, author Pamela Toulouse provides current information, personal insights, authentic resources, interactive strategies and lesson plans that support Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers that are looking for ways to respectfully infuse residential school history, treaty education, Indigenous contributions, First Nation/Métis/Inuit perspectives and sacred circle teachings into their subjects and courses. The author presents a culturally relevant and holistic approach that facilitates relationship building and promotes ways to engage in reconciliation activities.

Author : David R. Garcia
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262367615

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Teach Truth to Power by David R. Garcia Pdf

How academics and researchers can influence education policy: putting research in a policy context, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more. Scholarly books and journal articles routinely close with policy recommendations. Yet these recommendations rarely reach politicians. How can academics engage more effectively in the policy process? In Teach Truth to Power, David Garcia offers a how-to guide for scholars and researchers who want to influence education policy, explaining strategies for putting research in a policy context, getting “in the room” where policy happens, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more. Countering conventional wisdom about research utilization (also referred to as knowledge mobilization), Garcia explains that engaging in education policy is not a science, it is a craft—a combination of acquired knowledge and intuition that must be learned through practice. Engaging in policy is an interpersonal process; academics who hope to influence policy have to get face-to-face with the politicians who create policy. Garcia’s experience as trusted insider, researcher, and political candidate make him uniquely qualified to offer a roadmap that connects research to policy. He explains that academics can leverage their content expertise to build relationships with politicians (even before they are politicians); demonstrates the effectiveness of the research one-pager; and shows how academics can teach politicians to be champions of research.

Author : Theodore L. Brown
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 0252028104

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Making Truth by Theodore L. Brown Pdf

A new perspective on how scientists reason about the world, design and interpret experiments and communicate with one another and with the larger society outside science.

Author : Robert T. Pennock
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262042581

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An Instinct for Truth by Robert T. Pennock Pdf

An exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing. Exemplary scientists have a characteristic way of viewing the world and their work: their mindset and methods all aim at discovering truths about nature. In An Instinct for Truth, Robert Pennock explores this scientific mindset and argues that what Charles Darwin called “an instinct for truth, knowledge, and discovery” has a tacit moral structure—that it is important not only for scientific excellence and integrity but also for democracy and human flourishing. In an era of “post-truth,” the scientific drive to discover empirical truths has a special value. Taking a virtue-theoretic perspective, Pennock explores curiosity, veracity, skepticism, humility to evidence, and other scientific virtues and vices. He explains that curiosity is the most distinctive element of the scientific character, by which other norms are shaped; discusses the passionate nature of scientific attentiveness; and calls for science education not only to teach scientific findings and methods but also to nurture the scientific mindset and its core values. Drawing on historical sources as well as a sociological study of more than a thousand scientists, Pennock's philosophical account is grounded in values that scientists themselves recognize they should aspire to. Pennock argues that epistemic and ethical values are normatively interconnected, and that for science and society to flourish, we need not just a philosophy of science, but a philosophy of the scientist.

Author : Rasūl Nizhādʹmihr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415997674

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Education, Science and Truth by Rasūl Nizhādʹmihr Pdf

What is the main problem of contemporary education? Rasoul Nejadmehr argues that the cardinal problem with education is that it does not have an adequate notion of truth underpinning it. Thinkers mainly tend to veer towards two poles - absolutism and relativism. While a one-sided tendency toward absolutism leads to reified categories of thought and alienation, a tendency toward relativism leads to lack of universality and nihilism. Education, Science and Truth suggests a way out by bridging not only divides between and within analytical and continental philosophy but also those of modernism and postmodernism. By using a range of issues, disciplines and literature, Nejadmehr formulates a new version of the concept of objectivity based on the inclusion of multiple perspectives, including ones from art, philosophy and marginalized groups.

Author : Alex Grech
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800439085

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Media, Technology and Education in a Post-Truth Society by Alex Grech Pdf

This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the impact of media, emerging technologies, and education on the resilience of the so-called post-truth society.

Author : Greg Ashman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781526454461

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The Truth about Teaching by Greg Ashman Pdf

As a teacher, you are a magician. You conjure understanding where there was none. Drawing on years of experience teaching in a diverse range of schools and powered by a nuanced understanding of educational research, Greg Ashman presents the most vital ideas that you need to know in order to succeed in teaching. Find out how to avoid common mistakes and challenge some of the myths about what good teaching really is. Evidence-informed, the book explores major issues you will encounter in schools, including the science of learning, classroom management, explicit forms of teaching, why the use of phonics has been such a controversial issue and smart ways to evaluate the potential of technology in the classroom. If you are training to teach in primary or secondary education, or in the early stages of your teacher career, this book is for you.

Author : Rasoul Nejadmehr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:899691311

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Education Science and Truth by Rasoul Nejadmehr Pdf

Author : Michael R. Matthews
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317796152

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Science Teaching by Michael R. Matthews Pdf

Science Teaching argues that science teaching and science teacher education can be improved if teachers know something of the history and philosophy of science and if these topics are included in the science curriculum. The history and philosophy of science have important roles in many of the theoretical issues that science educators need to address: what constitutes an appropriate science curriculum for all students; how science should be taught in traditional cultures; how scientific literacy can be promoted; and the conflict which can occur between science curriculum and deep-seated religious or cultural values and knowledge. Outlining the history of liberal approaches to the teaching of science, Michael Matthews elaborates contemporary curriculum developments that explicitly address questions about the nature and the history of science. He provides examples of classroom teaching and develops useful arguments on constructivism, multicultural science education and teacher education.

Author : Paul Taylor
Publisher : Dayone C/O Grace Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : 1846250714

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Truth, Lies and Science Education by Paul Taylor Pdf

Most of us are totally unaware of what actually goes on in the teaching environment in the classroom. We may attend parents evenings and discuss with the teacher the progress of our children in the classroom. We help with and sometimes actually do our childrens homework. Parents and grandparents will talk with their children and grandchildren about what they are taught, but the children are unable to explain why they are taught what they are taught or what are the philosophical ideologies behind the teaching. In this carefully researched book, Paul Taylor powerfully and devastatingly brings to light the underlying thinking that is the basis for so much of what is taught in our modern schools.

Author : Dr. Jason Lisle
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614581833

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Discerning Truth by Dr. Jason Lisle Pdf

Every day Christians are faced with an increasing onslaught of criticism from evolutionists for their belief in God and His glorious creation. What do you say when your faith is challenged by those claiming to speak in the name of science or reason? Discerning Truth provides a practical and engaging resource on the use of logic in this critical debate. Filled with anecdotes from both creative examples and real-life illustrations that help clarify logical issues in apologetics. Become skilled at distinguishing sound arguments from emotionally-charged rhetoric. Helps any believer refute evolutionary perspectives. Lisle believes that creationists need to be able to recognize and refute evolutionist arguments, and to do so in a way that both honors God and lines up with the truth of His Word (Eph. 5:1). The role of logic, the study of correct reasoning, is becoming a vanishing skill in our society. Yet it is a vital tool in assisting Christians in assessing the weaknesses in evolutionary thought. Here is the clear and concise guide for every believer in defending your faith in the face of adversity.

Author : K. D. Gangrade,L. S. Kothari,Ajit Ram Verma
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 818069190X

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Concept of Truth in Science and Religion by K. D. Gangrade,L. S. Kothari,Ajit Ram Verma Pdf

Drawing heavily on the writings of porfessor D.S. kothari and matatma gandhi, this book analyses the concepts of truth in science and religion.