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The case for a greater role for the history and philosophy of science in science education is reviewed. It is argued that such a role can only be realised if it is based on both a credible analytical approach to the history and philosophy of science and if the evolution of a sufficient number of major themes in science is known in suitable detail. Adopting Lakatos' Theory of Scientific Research Programmes...
The nature of explanations, the nature of models, and the relation between them are discussed. The explanatory value of major models of change in science are reviewed. The characteristics of everyday thinking are set out and the effect of attempts to change that thinking towards scientific thinking is modelled. The conclusion reached is that the use of models of change in science as the basis for...
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