Article ID: CBB947401532

Representing in the Student Laboratory (2018)

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Boesch, Brandon (Author)


Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science
Issue: 5
Pages: 34-48


Publication Date: 2018
Edition Details: Part of a Series: Methods and Cognitive Modelling in the History and Philosophy of Science & Education
Language: English

In this essay, I will expand the philosophical discussion about the representational practice in science to examine its role in science education through four case studies. The cases are of what I call ‘educational laboratory experiments’ (ELEs), performative models used representationally by students to come to a better understanding of theoretical knowledge of a scientific discipline. The studies help to demonstrate some idiosyncratic features of representational practices in science education, most importantly a lack of novelty and discovery built into the ELEs as their methodology is solidified when it becomes a widely spread educational tool within a discipline. There is thus an irreducible role for the historical development of ELEs in understanding their representational nature and use. The important role of the historical development of ELEs leads to an interesting way that educators can use ELEs as a means of connecting students to important historical developments within their disciplines.

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Authors & Contributors
Wainer, Juan Manuel Garrido
Alicia Gutting
Dennis, David Brandon
Roman Khandozhko
Reynolds, Sarah Jozina
Pisano, Jessica M.
Concepts
Experiments and experimentation
Laboratories
Laboratory techniques and procedures
Teaching; pedagogy
Case studies
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Antarctica
Leipzig (Germany)
United States
North America
Germany
France
Institutions
Société française de physique
Université de France
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
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