LEADER 04765nam 22005295 450 001 9910299520203321 005 20200705122748.0 010 $a3-319-67726-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-67726-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000000882759 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-67726-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5115933 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000882759 100 $a20171028d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEvolving Nature of Objectivity in the History of Science and its Implications for Science Education /$fby Mansoor Niaz 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (XVI, 237 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education,$x1878-0482 ;$v46 311 $a3-319-67725-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1 Introduction: Understanding Objectivity within a Historical Perspective -- 2 Objectivity in the Making -- 3 Understanding Objectivity in Research Reported in the Journal Science & Education -- 4 Understanding Objectivity in Research Reported in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching -- 5 Understanding Objectivity in Research Reported in Reference Works -- 6 Science at a Crossroads: Transgression versus Objectivity -- 7 Conclusion: Understanding the Elusive Nature of Objectivity -- Appendices -- References -- Index. 330 $aThis book explores the evolving nature of objectivity in the history of science and its implications for science education. It is generally considered that objectivity, certainty, truth, universality, the scientific method and the accumulation of experimental data characterize both science and science education. Such universal values associated with science may be challenged while studying controversies in their original historical context. The scientific enterprise is not characterized by objectivity or the scientific method, but rather controversies, alternative interpretations of data, ambiguity, and uncertainty. Although objectivity is not synonymous with truth or certainty, it has eclipsed other epistemic virtues and to be objective is often used as a synonym for scientific.  Recent scholarship in history and philosophy of science has shown that it is not the experimental data (Baconian orgy of quantification) but rather the diversity / plurality in a scientific discipline that contributes toward understanding objectivity. History of science shows that objectivity and subjectivity can be considered as the two poles of a continuum and this dualism leads to a conflict in understanding the evolving nature of objectivity. The history of objectivity is nothing less than the history of science itself and the evolving and varying forms of objectivity does not mean that one replaced the other in a sequence but rather each form supplements the others. This book is remarkable for its insistence that the philosophy of science, and in particular that discipline?s analysis of objectivity as the supposed hallmark of the scientific method, is of direct value to teachers of science. Meticulously, yet in a most readable way, Mansoor Niaz looks at the way objectivity has been dealt with over the years in influential educational journals and in textbooks; it?s fascinating how certain perspectives fade, while basic questions show no sign of going away. There are few books that take both philosophy and education seriously ? this one does! Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, chemist, writer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. 410 0$aContemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education,$x1878-0482 ;$v46 606 $aScience education 606 $aHistory 606 $aPhilosophy and science 606 $aScience Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O27000 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 606 $aPhilosophy of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34000 615 0$aScience education. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aPhilosophy and science. 615 14$aScience Education. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Science. 676 $a507.1 700 $aNiaz$b Mansoor$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0900718 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299520203321 996 $aEvolving Nature of Objectivity in the History of Science and its Implications for Science Education$92536572 997 $aUNINA