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Dear MERSENNE Colleagues,

 

The December IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at:

 

http://ihpst.net/newsletters/

 

Item #8 contains up-dated information about the biennial IHPST conference to be held in Thessaloniki (July 1-5, 2011).  Please note that submission date for proposals is February 19th, and registration date is May 3rd.

 

Newsletter Contents are:

 

1.            President’s Column: Formal Membership of IHPST now Available

2.            Science & Education  Volume 19 (2010) Contents

3.            Science & Education Journal Report

4.            Journal Special Issue: Philosophical Considerations in the Teaching
of Biology

5.            Journal Special Issue: Philosophical Considerations in the Teaching
of Chemistry

6.         Journal Special Issue: Mario Bunge’s Systematic Philosophy:
An Evaluation

7.         Journal Special Issue: Philosophy of Commercialized / Commodifed Science

8.            Eleventh International IHPST Conference, Thessaloniki July 1-5, 2011

9.         DHST Teaching Commission Symposium: ‘The History of Science Textbooks’, during IHPST Thessaloniki Conference

10.          History of Science Society, Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize 2010

11.          Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917-2010)

12.          HIPST Project and Final Conference in Kaiserslautern, Germany

13.          Science Studies and Science Education: International Workshop on Science Teaching and History & Philosophy of Science, 23-25 June 2011, Aarhus

14.       European Philosophy of Science Association, 3rd Conference,
Athens, Greece, 5-8 October 2011

15.          Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), Third Biennial Conference, June 22-24, 2011, University of Exeter, UK

16.          Popularising Nuclear Energy in the Post-War Europe: Joseph Rotblat and the Atom Train

17.          Notre Dame University, Graduate Programme in Theology and Science

18.          14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
Nancy, France, July 19-26, 2011

19.          Book Reviews

 

(i)   Susan Carey (2009) The Origin of Concepts. Oxford University Press [Marcus P. Adams]

(ii)   Sibel Erduran & María Pilar Jiménez-Aleixandre (2008) Argumentation in Science Education: Perspectives from Classroom-Based Research. Springer [Agustín Adúriz-Bravo]

 

20.          Metatheoria. Journal of Philosophy and History of Science

21.          Current Research

22.          Publications for Sale

23.          Coming Conferences

24.          IHPST Graduate Students

25.          IHPST Council (2009-11)

26.          IHPST Email List

27.          Newsletter Items

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Michael  Matthews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A/Professor Michael R. Matthews
School of Education
University of New South Wales
Sydney, 2052
Australia

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Editor, 'Science & Education'  journal ( www.springer.com/journal/11191)
President, Teaching Commission of the Division of History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science
( http://dhst-tc.primedu.uoa.gr/index.htm )

Past-President, International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Group
(
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