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Didaktik und Geschichte der Physik
  
Uni Fakultäten Fk. V Physik Didaktik und Geschichte der Physik  

Schedule

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Day
Time
Title
 
Monday
Opening
Falk Riess, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Peter Heering, Daniel Osewold, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Arthur Stinner, University of Manitoba, Canada
Stephen Klassen, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada
Project e

Stephen Klassen, University of Winnipeg, Canada
The Pedagogical Renewal of the Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment

12:30-14:00
Lunch
Don Metz; University of Winnipeg, Canada
William Wales and the 1769 Transit of Venus:
Puzzle Solving and the Determination of the Astronomical Unit

Gudrun Wolfschmidt; University of Hamburg, Germany
Understanding the Earth and the Cosmos

15:30-16:00
Coffee break
Shu-Chiu Liu, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Alternative perspectives and conceptual change: integrating
pre-scientific knowledge into teaching-learning sequences
in school science

Pierre Lauginie, Universite Paris-Sud, France
Weighing the Earth, weighing the Worlds.
From Cavendish to modern undergraduate-level demonstrations




Tuesday
W. Gerhard Pohl, Austrian Chemical Society, Linz
Teaching the atomic structure of matter.
A history of ideas, experiments and pictures.
Jürgen Teichmann, Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany
From Babylon to Quintessence – Are there Revolutions in Astronomy ?
10:30-11:00
Coffee break

Brigitte van Tiggelen, Louvain de Neuve, Belgium
Teaching the chemistry through history : lessons in polymers and halogens

László Kovács, Berzsenyi Daniel College, Szombathely, Hungary
Károly Simonyi , teacher of the Technical University, Budapest
12:30-14:00
Lunch

Daniel Osewold, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Students’ conceptions and historical ideas
about (mechanical) waves

Michael Eckert,Deutsches Museum Munich,
Learning by seeing? Historic images of flow phenomena,
and what they were intended to illustrate.
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
Zofia Golab-Meyer
Institute of Physics Jagellonian University, Cracow
Physics as exact and experimental science -
some consequences for teaching methods

Ian Winchester, University of Calgary, Canada
The right angled triangle in the history of physics
and engineering




Wednesday
Excursion



Thursday
Elizabeth Cavicchi, Dibner Institute for the History of Science
and Technology, MIT, USA
Mirrors, Swinging Weights, Light Bulbs…: Simple experiments
and history help a class become a scientific community
Gabor Zemplen, University of Budapest, Hungary
The Nature of Science in not even 9 and ˝ weeks.
- Pilot module for the IBO TOK class
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Jeff Babb (presenting) and James Currie, University of Winnipeg Canada
The Brachistochrone and Related Curves: Implications for
Teaching the Histories of Calculus and Physics
Ralph Mason, University of Manitoba
Inventing invention: Reconstructing the cognition of Archimedes
12:30-14:00
Lunch
Douglas Allchin,University of Minnesota, USA
What's Not in Boyle's Law: Conceiving
and Teaching a "Lawless" Science
John Theibault, Chemical Heritage Foundation, USA
Lives in Science as Illustrations of Scientific Practice:
'Science Alive!' and Percy Julian
Coffee break
Peter Heering, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Entertainment from the Past for the Teaching of Tomorrow:
Using Experiments from the Enlightenment for Teacher Training
Michael R. Matthews, University of New South Wales, Australia
Examining the Enlightenment:
The Permanent Contribution of Science Education to Culture



Friday
Fabio Bevilacqua, Universita di Pavia, Italy
Einstein's life and theories told to the public:
reflections and results after the Einstein year

Christian Sichau, Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany
Beyond the Textbook: Telling (Hi-)stories about Science
with the Help of Scientific Instruments in Museums
Coffee break
Panagiotis Kokkotas, University of Athens, University of Cyprus
Teaching Physics to in-service primary school teachers in the
context of the History of Science: The case of the fall of bodies
Arthur Stinner
From theory to practice: Placing history into the science classroom.
Lunch
Barbara McMillian, University of Manitoba, Canada
Teaching about Light in Grade 4:
What Happened to the Illuminating Stories
from the History of Science and Technology?
David Rudge, Western Michigan University, USA
History of Science in the Service of Middle School
Science Teacher Preparation
Coffee break
Roger Stuewer, University of Minnesota, USA
Closing remarks



 

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