“SOURCES AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN THE ERA OF INTERNET”

NOTICE: CHANGE OF DATES AND PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Barcelona, 15 – 16 November 2013

Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT)
European Society for the History of Science (ESHS)
Centre d’Història de la Ciència (CEHIC), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Càtedra Unesco en Tècnica i Cultura. Centre de Recerca per la Història de la Tècnica (CRHT), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Scientific Committee

Advisory Council

17th century chemistry lecture. Artwork showing local people attending a chemistry lecture by the French chemist Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715).

The Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica is going to organize The 1st European Autumn School on History of Science and Education.The main goal of the School is to provide training and to encourage debate, participation and effective interaction among the attending public and the invited specialists, dealing with basic and practical aspects concerning the interplay between history of science and education.

The School is addressed mainly to students of doctorate or master degrees, post-doctorates, in-service teachers, scholars and researchers interested in the history of science as an interface with science and science education.

The topic of this first meeting is centred around The sources and resources of the history of science for educational purposes in the era of internet. The digitization of libraries and museums collections has made accessible a significant part of the literary and material cultures of science worldwide. Furthermore, some museums and academic institutions, which preserve this material culture of science, produce virtual reconstructions of the past that can be used for teaching aims.

Concerning this topic, there are some salient and challenging aspects that might deserve reflexion and discussion: The assessment of sources of the history of science regarding their educational value, the relevance of the historiographical analysis of sources based in their authenticity and reliability in relation to their teaching usefulness, the remaking of historical sources to turn them into educational resources, or the management of application software, social media applications and learning environment systems as tools to include the history of science in science education.

STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION

The School will be structured in three working sessions through the contribution of expert scholars and participants.

Each session will consist in a lecture followed by a workshop of papers where points of view of scholars and participants will be contrasted and discussed.

The following three scholars will lecture to cover distinct scopes concerning with the School topic:

• Peter Heering (Universität Flensburg, Germany)

Material devices from the past: Historical Instruments and their Role in Research and Education

• Sylvain Laubé(Centre F. Viète, Université de Brest, France)

History of Science and Technology, ICT and Cultural Mediation: Fundamental or Applied Research in Digital Humanities? 

• Jim Bennett (Science Museum of London, England)

Historic Instruments as Teaching Resources for the History of Science.

A summary of their lectures with some open questions will be attached to this webpage to encourage participants to respond them.

English will be the working language of the School.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

All participants are encouraged to sign up to answer (first in writing then by participating in the discussion of the corresponding session) at least one of the questions put forward by the lecturers in their summaries. Applicants may sign up by sending an email to schct@iec.cat by October 15th, 2013. Please, fill the email subject line with: AUTUMN SCHOOL ANSWERS

Participants are characterised as presenters and ordinary participants who do not present any paper.

Presenters must:

• Submit a paper (6000 words) that has to be accepted by the Scientific Committee. Once accepted it will be reviewed by the lecturers and attached in the School webpage to promote pre-circulation.
• Proposal papers with an abstract should be sent by September 30th, 2013to: schct@iec.cat
• The content of the proposal papers is expected to be related with the School topic.
• Fill the email subject line with: AUTUMN SCHOOL PAPER
• Files should be submitted as Word attachments with files named using author’s family name or surname.Thus smith_paper.doc.
• All submissions should be in MS Word using Times New Roman 12pt.
• Do a brief reminding presentation (5 minutes) of their paper during the corresponding workshop.
• Participate in a 15 minutes discussion once finished the workshop presentations.

Ordinary participants’ contribution

To encourage the contribution of all participants but especially of those who do not present any paper, an exhibition workshop will be organized to enable them to present briefly  (5 minutes) a primary source or a resource accessible through internet and intended for teaching purposes.

• Proposal sources or resources should be sent by October 15th, 2013 to: schct@iec.cat
• Fill the email subject line with: AUTUMN SCHOOL SOURCE
• Files of sources or resources presentations should be submitted in PDF format (NOT as a Power Point Presentation) as attachments with files named using author’s family name or surname.Thus smith_presentation.pdf.
• However, presentations can be shown in the exhibition workshop using either a PPP or a PDF file.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Friday, 15 November

Morning

9:00 – 10:45    Reception and registration

9:00 – 10:00    Tribute to Pere de la Fuente

10:00 – 10:30    Coffee break

10:30 – 10:45    Opening session of the School

10:45 – 12:15    First lecture: Historic Instruments as Teaching Resources for the History of Science by Jim Bennett. Discussion.

Chairperson: Fàtima Romero

12:15 – 13:45    First workshop of presentations. Discussion

• Iolanda Guevara: Measuring the Meter
• Antoni Roca-Rosell: Engineering Education in the Nineteenth Century: The Collection at the Barcelona School of Industrial           Engineering (ETSEIB)
• Maria Rosa Massa-Esteve: Historical Activities in the Mathematics Classroom: Tartaglia’s “Nova Scientia”

Afternoon

15:30 – 16:45    Exhibition workshop of educational resources. Discussion

• Mònica Blanco: A Blog on Simpson’s Rule: A Classroom Activity to Read a Mathematical Historical Text
• Laura Franchini: Ancient Instruments Seen Through Internet
• Àngela García-Lladó: Science with Images
• Víctor Guijarro Mora: Ceimes Project Website. Science and Education in Historic High Schools of Madrid
• Aikaterini Konstantinidou: The “Solar System, Past and Present
• Núria Solsona-Pairó: Practical Resources to Teach Chemistry: Instruments in the History of Alchemy

Chairperson: Mercè  Izquierdo

16:45 – 17:15    Coffee break

17:15 – 18:45    Second lecture: History of Science and Technology, ICT and Cultural Mediation: Fundamental or Applied Research in Digital Humanities? by Sylvain Laubé. Discussion.

Chairperson: Pere Grapí

18:45 – 20:15    Second workshop of presentations. Discussion

• Agustín Adúriz-Bravo: Fluorescent Girls and Nobel Prize Families: The Use of Historical Episodes on Radioactivity in Science Teacher Education.
• Antoni Librán: The Iconic Images of Science
• Angel Vázquez-Alonso and Maria-Antonia Manassero-Mas: Historical Resources for Teaching about Scientific Decision-Making

20:15 – 21:00    Farewell

Saturday, 16 November

9:30 – 11:00    Third lecture: Material Devices from the Past: Historical Instruments and their Role in Research and Education by Peter Heering. Discussion

Chairperson: Agustín Adúriz-Bravo

11:00 – 11:30    Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30    Third workshop of presentations. Discussion

• Manolis Kartsonakis: Measuring and Interpreting Nature: Scientific Instruments in the History of Physics
• Álvaro García-Martínez: Importance of Tools for Understanding Scientific Practice. Contribution of History of Science to Professional  Development of University Teachers

12:30 – 13:00    “Antoni Quintana Marí” Prize

VENUE

Institut d’Estudis Catalans
Carrer del Carme, 47
08001 – Barcelona

Lecture room: Nicolau d’Olwer

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GRANTS

A limited number of grants will be provided in order to cover the school fee.

Applicants may apply by sending a CV and a letter, together with the completed registration form to schct@iec.cat by June 28th, 2013.

 Please, fill the email subject line with: AUTUMN SCHOOL GRANTS

The letter should include a statement of interest and a financial statement. It should also state if you are member of the SCHCT, the ESHS or any other history of science, medicine, technology society. And importantly, the letter must include a commitment to participate in the School.

This commitment implies that grant applicants MUST sign up either to answer at least one of the questions put forward by the lecturers or to submit a primary source or a resource accessible through internet and intended for teaching purposes. The commitment to participate is compulsory to be eligible for a grant, but does not guarantee it as number of grants will be limited.

REGISTRATION

Registration fee (up to October 30th, 2013) : 100 €

Early registrants (up to September 30th, 2013) will receive a 25 € discount.

Payment procedure:

Bank transfer (with the indication of your SURNAME +  AUTUMN SCHOOL, please) to:

2100 0963 67 0200031280 (IBAN: ES30 2010 0963 6702 0003 1280)
Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, BIC: CAIXES-BBXXX
Branch: Carrer del Carme, 44, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Holder: IEC Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica

Certificates of attendance will be produced, on request, at the School itself.

NEW DEADLINES

Cancellation:

The Society reserves the right to refund only a proportion of any payment made if you cancel your registration before the event. No refunds will be given after Friday 11th October 2013.

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Image credits:
Description: 17th century chemistry lecture. Artwork showing local people attending a chemistry lecture by the French chemist Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715).
Source: Science Photo Library. http://www.sciencephoto.com/
Permission: This is a low resolution image believed to be public domain.

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