Between 1880 and 1920 the way science was taught in American High Schools changed dramatically. The old "lecture/demonstration" method, where information was presented to essentially passive students, was replaced by the "laboratory" method, where students performed their own experiments in specially constructed student laboratories. National…

In this article, the author describes how he first met Jacob L. Moreno, the founder of "Social Psychology Quarterly," through the intervention of Professor Wellman J. Warner, then the chairman of New York University's Department of Sociology. He then reminisces about his experience of working with Moreno on the journal "Sociometry."

This article profiles Jacob Levy Moreno, the founder of this journal. He was born in 1889 in Romania, but moved to Vienna with his parents when he was four years of age. By all accounts, Moreno as a child was brilliant, spontaneous, creative and, presaging his later successes, was fascinated by relationships, first with his brothers and sisters,…

This study examines the development of nanoscience/nanotechnology over a 35 year period (1970-2004) by mapping its social and cognitive structures using social network analysis, bibliometrics and document analysis, and following their changes in time. Mapping is performed based on 580,000 journal articles, 240,000 patents and 53,000 research…

Traditional applications of history and philosophy of science in chemistry education have concentrated on the teaching and learning of "history of chemistry". This paper considers the recent emergence of "philosophy of chemistry" as a distinct field and explores the implications of philosophy of chemistry for chemistry education in the context of…

Science policy studies and the social studies of science are two ways to approach science-technology-society (STS) education. This paper applies the two perspectives to STS education and explores the implications of the two approaches for the domain of STS education and the relationship to science education. (YP)

Several implications for the understanding of the Darwinian revolution follow from an analysis of the role of colloquial language and prudential reason in Charles Darwin's quest for a theory of evolution. First, the term "natural selection" is not merely or even primarily a technical term and thus cannot be understood accurately apart…

Visualization is the process by which one is able to create and sustain mental images for observation, analysis, and experimentation. This study consists of a compilation of evidence from historical examples that were collected in order to document the importance and the uses of visualization within the realm of scientific investigation.…

Discusses the work of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, who established the identity of gallium in 1875 by applying his knowledge of spectroscopy to the elucidation of atomic weights and atomic properties. (MLH)

Examines the early photochemical and photographic research of French, German and English natural philosophers. Describes how these investigators developed photography and the laws which govern photochemical reactions. (MLH)

Describes a lecture series at the University of Delaware in which faculty members from various universities impersonate early American scientists while they deliver lectures and recreate historic experiments. (MLH)

Reports on the work of the scientist Laplace in the field of cosmogony. Provides insight to thinking that led to five forms of a theory which ignored known astronomical facts. (CP)

Explains the origination of the present relationship between science and values and suggests that students be given guidelines in the process of infusing values into science. (LS)

The relationship of education, physics, and technology is investigated from a historical perspective. Using this basis, a list of goals of physics education is formulated in which the author feels primary emphasis should be to teach physics to students in order that they may have a better understanding of the world and its technical aspects. (CP)