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... Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 13-1–13-32. Introduction Physics is a human enterprise entangled in a web of historical, philosophical, social, and cultural contexts. Yet in most physics classrooms, this humanity is hidden from students. Physics is decontextualized. Under decontextualized...

... scales of the Universe. Historical Review of the Aims and Values of Physics From inductivism to logical positivism The empirical-inductivist philosophical currents are one of the most cited in science education (SE) research. In this case, it is a negative reference, in the sense of indicating...

...). ⁴ Under this assumption, physics retains in essence its privileged epistemic status. This, in turn, implies that the study (and teaching) of the historical and contingent circumstances of the creation of scientific knowledge deserve only little attention. With this view, the organizing themes...

... of human rights, gender inequality, and environmental degradation ( Santos, 2009 ), it is important to question the social and ethical responsibility of the Physics Education Research (PER) community in identifying the role of physics in the historical constitution of this model of social organization...

... comprehensive treatments of the lived experience of minority scientists. Focusing on identity performance rather than preconceived categories might also yield valuable insights for teaching, learning and policy initiatives. The fourth section develops historical and anthropological resources to understand why...

... , A. , International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching , edited by M.   Matthews ( Springer , 2014 ), pp. 1443 – 1472 . Adúriz-Bravo , A. , Adapting Historical Knowledge Production to the Classroom , edited by P. V.   Kokkotas   et al. ( Sense Publishers , 2011...

... and to find underlying structures or principles enabling generalizations. Historically, among the first attempts were geometrical as well as arithmetic approaches. The best known example are Plato's attempts to order the world in a systematic way on the basis of elementary geometric objects: regular triangles...

... of the discipline, including its methodology, the image of scientists and the scientific enterprise itself, especially at the upper levels. When the historicity of concepts with their philosophical matrix is ignored, along with the true impact of fundamental breaks with former orthodox theories (i.e...

....) Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics ( Brill , 2015 ). Born , M. , Einstein's Theory of Relativity ( Dover , 1962 ). Bowler , P. J. and Morus , I. R. , Making Modern Science. A Historical Survey ( University of Chicago Press , Chicago , 2005 ). Braga , M.   et al...

... the object. To better understand how activity systems are constituted within and shaped by a given cultural-historical context, Engeström (1993) proposed that the entire collective activity system be the unit of analysis: institutions, persons, goals, and so forth are embedded within a highly co...

... learning) were included. Epistemic level of content This category covers the articles addressing broad topics beyond the conceptual level, including historical issues, philosophical issues, epistemological issues, and methodological issues. Notably, discussions on the nature of science and scientific...

.... Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to provide a systematic literature review of physics textbook expectations research (PTER) worldwide. In Sec. 14.2 , we give a theoretical overview of textbook elements, expectation holders, educational levels, historical phases, and nation-specific features...

..., Latinx Americans, and Native Americans have historically been denied access to education as well as political and economic participation in the United States (U.S.) ( Oakes, 1990 ). The results of this historical exclusion are, in part, evident in the underrepresentation of these groups in STEM graduate...

... in this book focus on the latest developments and: Provide an overview of current methods and techniques Serve as a tutorial and an in-depth historical record of the topic Contain step-by-step instructions for the methods used in molecular modeling and simulation of biomolecules A Practical...