The following is notice of the update of a major resource in science
teaching, science teacher preparation and science education research.
Dewey

Dear Collagues:
Thank you for using the Bibliography "STCSE" (Students' and Teachers'
Conceptions and Science Education). There is good news for you, the
latest version of the Bibliography is now available. You may download
the new full version (some 7000 quotes) or the upgrade version (some
700 quotes). You will be familiar with the procedure of downloading the
version you prefer from your previous visit at the following URL:
<http://www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/stcse/stcse.html>
Although we try to do our best to include the major papers on teaching
and learning science in the bibliography, it is quite likely that we
did not identify a number of significant papers published. We are
grateful for a note which items should be included. But please notice
that at this time only articles in English and German are regarded. Any
comments that help to improve the bibliography are very welcome.
Enjoy the information provided
Reinders Duit

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Prof. Dr. Reinders Duit
Institut fuer die Paedagogik der Naturwissenschaften an der
Universitaet Kiel
Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel
Olshausenstr. 62
D 24098 Kiel
Tel. 0431 880 3145 Fax 0431 880 3148 International: 49 431 880 3145
email: duit@...
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Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr., Ph. D. Phone: (208)426-3105
Professor of Physics Dept: (208)426-3775
Department of Physics/MCF418 Fax: (208)426-4330
Boise State University ddykstra@...
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"a physics major has to be trained to use today's physics whereas
a physics teacher has to be trained to see a development of
physical theories in his students' minds."--Hans Niedderer in
"International Conference on Physics Teachers' Education
Proceedings" Dortmund: University of Dortmund, p. 151, 1992.

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern
methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the
holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside
from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without
this the plant goes to wreck and ruin without fail."
--A. Einstein in "Autobiographical Notes," 1949.

"Now there are two theorems that form together the cardinal
hinge on which the whole structure of physical science turns.
These theorems are: (1) THERE IS A REAL OUTER WORLD WHICH
EXISTS INDEPENDENTLY OF OUR ACT OF KNOWING, and, (2) THE
REAL OUTER WORLD IS NOT DIRECTLY KNOWABLE."--M. Planck in
"Where Is Science Going?," 1932. (EMPHASIS in the original)

"As a result of modern research in physics, the ambition and
hope, still cherished by most authorities of the last century,
that physical science could offer a photographic picture and
true image of reality had to be abandoned." --M. Jammer in
"Concepts of Force," 1957.

"If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we
make reality the basis of our philosophy? ...But we cannot
distinguish what is real about the universe without a theory.
..it makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality,
because we do not know what reality is independent of a
theory."--S. Hawking in "Black Holes and Baby Universes" 1993.
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