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Michael R. Matthews

Michael Robert Matthews (born 1948) is an honorary associate professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. He has researched and published in philosophy of education, history and philosophy of science (HPS), and science education. For nearly fifty years he has taught, researched and published on the utilisation of HPS in illuminating theoretical, curricular and pedagogical problems in science education.

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His first degree was in geology, his subsequent degrees have been in psychology, philosophy, history and philosophy of education, and philosophy of education. He has taught science in high school, philosophy of education at Sydney Teachers College, he was foundation professor of science education at the University of Auckland and he retired as an associate professor at UNSW in 2008, becoming then an honorary associate professor. [1]

Early life, education and career

Matthews was born 19 May 1948 in Sydney, Australia. Hi is schooling was at a small De La Salle Brothers ("French Christian Brothers") local school, then the larger Irish Christian Brothers Waverley College.

He received a BS in science from the University of Sydney in 1967 and a DipEd at Sydney Teachers College in 1968.

Whilst science teaching, he returned to University of Sydney as an evening student and completed a double honours BA degree in psychology and philosophy and an MEd degree in philosophy of education. In 1972 he was appointed a lecturer in education at Teachers College, and in 1975 was appointed a lecturer in philosophy of education at the University of New South Wales. Whilst on staff at UNSW he was awarded a PhD degree (1980) with a thesis critical of Paul Hirst’s epistemology. A version of the thesis was published as a book. [2] He also completed a MA degree (1985) from Sydney University in history and philosophy of science with a thesis on Galilean physics.

In 1980 he became the first independent alderman elected to Sydney City Council since the First War. He served two terms whilst continuing to teach at UNSW. During his tenure he served as Chair of the House Committee and wrote the local history book [3]

From 1992 to 1993 he was foundation professor of science education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

He has had productive visiting appointments and sabbatical leaves at a number of universities: Boston University, Pavia University, University of Helsinki, Florida State University and Zhejiang Normal University. [1]

Authored books

Matthews, M.R.: 1980, The Marxist Theory of Schooling: A Study in Epistemology and Education, Brighton, Harvester Press. ISBN   0-85527-443-3 [2]

Matthews, M.R.: 1982, Pyrmont & Ultimo: A History, Sydney, Southwood Press. [3]

Matthews, M.R.: 1994, Science Teaching: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science, Routledge, New York. ISBN   0-415-90282-7 [4]

______________(2007), Greek translation, Epicentre Press, Thessaloniki. ISBN   978-960-458-140-5 [5]

______________(2013), Korean translation, Ichi Science Publishers, Seoul. ISBN   978-89-5526-686-3 [6]

Matthews, M.R.: 1995, Challenging New Zealand Science Education, Dunmore Press, Palmsterston North. ISBN   0-86469-237-4 [7]

Matthews, M.R.: 2000, Time for Science Education: How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion Can Contribute to Science Literacy, Plenum Press, New York [8]

______________(2008), Greek Translation, Epicentre Press, Thessaloniki

Matthews, M.R.: 2015, Science Teaching: The Contribution of History and Philosophy of Science, Routledge, New York. ISBN   978-0-415-51933-5 [9]

______________ (2017) Chinese translation, Foreign Languages, Technical and Research Press, Beijing. ISBN   7513585725 [10]

______________(2017) Turkish translation, Boğaziçi University Press, Istanbul. ISBN   978-605-4787-87-6

______________(2017) Spanish translation, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Ciudad de México, Mexico. ISBN   978-607-16-5039-9 [11]

Matthews, M.R.: 2019, Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience, Springer Dordrecht. ISBN   978-3-030-18821-4 [12]

Matthews, M.R.: 2021, History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: A Personal Story, Springer, Dordrecht.

Edited books

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 1989, The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy, Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Company. ISBN   0-87220-075-2 [13]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 1991, History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: Selected Readings, Teachers' College Press, New York. ISBN   0-7744-0353-5 [14]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 1998, Constructivism in Science Education: A Philosophical Examination, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. ISBN   0-7923-5033-2 [15]

Matthews, M.R., Bevilacqua, F. & Giannetto, E. (eds.): 2001, Science Education and Culture: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science, Kluwer, Dordrecht. [16]

_______(2008), Greek Translation, Epicentre Press, Thessaloniki. ISBN   960-8183-20-0

Matthews, M.R., Gauld, C.F. & Stinner, A. (eds.): 2005, The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives, Springer, Dordrecht. [17]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 2009, Science, Worldviews and Education, Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN   978-90-481-2778-8 [18]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 2014, International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching (three volumes), Springer, Dordrectht. ISBN   978-94-007-7653-1 [19]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 2018, History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: New Perspectives, Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN   978-3-319-62614-7 [20]

Matthews, M.R. (ed.): 2019, Mario Bunge: A Centenary Festschrift, Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN   978-3-030-16672-4 [21]

Other publications

Matthews has authored over 50 book and handbook chapters, and encyclopedia entries. And 60 journal articles in science education, philosophy of education, and history and philosophy of science. [22]

Journal editorship

Matthews was Foundation Editor of the Springer journal Science & Education: Contributions of History and Philosophy of Science (1992-2014), the first journal devoted to research in the field of HPS and science teaching. [23]

Awards

In 2007 Matthews became president of the Teaching Commission of the Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS). In 2011 the Division of the Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (DLMPS) of the IUHPS joined with the DHST to create a joint Teaching Commission, of which Matthews was the founding president.

In 2010 he was awarded the ‘Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for Excellence in Education’ by US History of Science Society. [24]

In 2015 the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group initiated a ‘Distinguished Achievement Award’ Matthews was honoured to be its first recipient. [25]

In 2019 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN) for contributions to international HPS&ST research. [26]

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  1. 1 2 "Associate Professor Michael Robert Matthews". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Michael R. (1980). The Marxist theory of schooling : a study of epistemology and education. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press. ISBN   0-391-01801-9. OCLC   7611572.
  3. 1 2 Matthews, Michael R. (1982). Pyrmont & Ultimo : a history. [Ultimo, N.S.W.]: [Pyrmont Ultimo History Project]. ISBN   0-909368-49-X. OCLC   11235156.
  4. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (1994). Science teaching : the role of history and philosophy of science. New York: Routledge. ISBN   0-415-90282-7. OCLC   28800618.
  5. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (2007). Didaskontas physikes epistēmes : o rolos tēs istorias kai tēs philosophias tōn physikōn epistēmōn stē didaskalia tōn physikōn epistēmōn. Seroglou, Phanē., Moumtzē, Aggelikē. (2ē ekd ed.). Athēna: Epikentro. ISBN   978-960-458-140-5. OCLC   880483731.
  6. ↑ <>. Matthews, Michael R., 권성기, 1964-, 송진웅, 박종원, 1960-. 북스힐. 2014. ISBN   978-89-5526-686-3. OCLC   975732448.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (1995). Challenging NZ science education. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore Press. ISBN   0-86469-237-4. OCLC   35794052.
  8. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (2000). Time for Science Education : How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN   978-94-011-3994-6. OCLC   851378332.
  9. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (2015). Science teaching : the contribution of history and philosophy of science, 20th anniversary revised and expanded edition (Second ed.). New York, NY. ISBN   978-0-415-51933-5. OCLC   859584930.
  10. ↑ Michael R. Matthews.; 马修斯 (Matthews, Michael R.) (2017). Ke xue jiao xue : Ke xue shi he ke xue zhe xue de gong xian = Science teaching. Liu,Enshan, Guo,Yuanlin, Huang,Xiao, 刘恩山, 郭元林, 黄晓 (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Wai yu jiao xue yu yan jiu chu ban she. ISBN   978-7-5135-8572-9. OCLC   1050517326.
  11. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (2017). La enseñanza de la ciencia. Distrito Federal: FCE - Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN   978-607-16-5090-0. OCLC   1007069398.
  12. ↑ Matthews, Michael R. (18 July 2019). Feng shui : teaching about science and pseudoscience. Cham, Switzerland. ISBN   978-3-030-18822-1. OCLC   1109957069.
  13. ↑ The Scientific background to modern philosophy : selected readings. Matthews, Michael R. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. 1989. ISBN   0-87220-075-2. OCLC   18716117.CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ↑ History, philosophy, and science teaching : selected readings. Matthews, Michael R. Toronto: OISE Press. 1991. ISBN   0-8077-3094-7. OCLC   22596653.CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ↑ Constructivism in science education : a philosophical examination. Matthews, Michael R. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. 1998. ISBN   0-7923-5033-2. OCLC   38081612.CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. ↑ Science education and culture : the contribution of history and philosophy of science. Bevilacqua, Fabio., Giannetto, Enrico., Matthews, Michael R. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001. ISBN   0-7923-6972-6. OCLC   46808853.CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ↑ The pendulum : scientific, historical, philosophical and educational perspectives. Matthews, Michael R., Gauld, Colin F., Stinner, Arthur, 1934-. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer. 2005. ISBN   978-1-4020-3526-5. OCLC   262677687.CS1 maint: others (link)
  18. ↑ Science, worldviews and education. Matthews, Michael R. Dordrecht: Springer. 2009. ISBN   978-90-481-2779-5. OCLC   437346726.CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ↑ International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching. Matthews, Michael R. Dordrecht. 4 May 2017. ISBN   978-94-024-0716-7. OCLC   1064585554.CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ↑ History, Philosophy and Science Teaching : New Perspectives. Matthews, Michael R. Cham. ISBN   978-3-319-62616-1. OCLC   1139485941.CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ↑ Mario Bunge : a centenary Festschrift. Bunge, Mario, 1919-2020,, Matthews, Michael R. Cham, Switzerland. 17 July 2019. ISBN   978-3-030-16673-1. OCLC   1109956992.CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ↑ "Michael Matthews | Arts & Social Sciences - UNSW Sydney". www.arts.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "Science & Education". Springer. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize". History of Science Society. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "Lifetime Achievement Honorees - International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching (IHPST) group". ihpst.clubexpress.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  26. ↑ "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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