Published in International Journal of STEM Education
BackgroundInquiry-based learning is widely applied in science education; however, so far, the outcomes of learning process have been systematically assessed mainly at the secondary school level. For primary school students, there is no valid instrument for assessing the outcomes of their science inquiry. The aim of the current study was to develop ...
Published in Bulletin of the National Research Centre
BackgroundScientific denialism has always had harmful consequences for humanity, but with the advent of the pandemic these effects seem to have been accentuated.Main bodyUnwillingness to accept the facts about the COVID-19 pandemic ascertained by scientists and public health authorities has led to widespread scientific denialism, including the emer...
This paper reports the results of a large scale randomized experiment that was de- signed to assess whether a short in-class intervention by an external female role model can influence students’ attitudes towards science and contribute to a significant change in their choice of field of study. The intervention consists in a one hour, one off visit ...
Published in Berg- Und Huttenmannische Monatshefte
Unter der Leitung des Lehrstuhls für Bergbaukunde, Bergtechnik und Bergwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben wurde ein zweijähriger Berufsausbildungskurs „Rock Engineering for Deep Mines“ (SafeDeepMining) konzipiert. Dieser zielte darauf ab, den Mangel an hochqualifiziertem Gebirgsmechanik-Experten für tiefe Bergwerke zu beheben, mit dem man die ...
Published in Prospects
The response to the Covid-19 pandemic raises a question about the role of national curriculum frameworks in acquiring and applying knowledge about hygiene and prevention of disease. For curriculum designers, this means determining what children of different ages should learn about these topics and how they should develop and apply this knowledge. C...
Published in Educational Technology Research and Development
This article is in response to the review entitled “Identifying potential types of guidance for supporting student inquiry when using virtual and remote labs in science: a literature review” (Zacharia et al. in Educ Technol Res Dev 63(2): 257–302). As COVID-19 alerts us to shift science education to digital when in-person schooling is not viable, o...
Published in International journal of surgery (London, England)
A pneumonia outbreak of unknown aetiology emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The causative organism was identified on the 7th of January 2020 as a novel coronavirus (nCoV or 2019-nCoV), later renamed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The resulting coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has infected over 37 57.8 million in...
Published in Medical History
The emergence of modern health-related commodities and tourism in the late Meiji and Taishō eras (1900s–1920s) was accompanied by a revival of spiritualist religions, many of which had their origins in folk belief. What helped this was the people’s interpretation of radiation. This article underscores the linkages between radiation, science and spi...
The article presents an approach to the philosophy of mind of Jerry Fodor, and focuses on the problem that his thesis on computational naturalism represents. It emphasizes the ontological differences between the modular input systems and the central systems of this mental machine. Through a review of the main criticisms of the Fodorian program, it ...
This work highlights the main scientific policies promoted by CONICET regarding the development of historical science during the last military dictatorship. Focusing on the intervening agents and their implemented policies, their impact is evaluated throughout the last civic-military dictatorship and after the democratic recovery, observing ambigui...
