describe how the history of science contributes to the learning of science.?
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Essentially we learn from our mistakes. We also finally seem to be realising that our knowledge is finite and that what we currently believe may turn out to be false, or only true under certain conditions. Very rarely are we so bold to deal with absolutes as seemed so common by historic scientific figures.\n\nLearning the history of science demonstrates the strategies and experimentation required in making progress.
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I think an elective class would be cool.  I took a class in college anthropology for ancient civilizations, UFOs and other unexplained phenomenom.  Science is the search for truth based on theories, which have been proven to an extent.  Most scientists are very closed minded.  That is if they haven't learned it or can't experiment on it then it must not be true.  I think a successful scientist should be open minded.  Being open minded is what led to all of our current understandings anyway.  A class like you are proposing could never be taught as a science class because there is no theory behind it, no proof, no explanation.  I think presenting alternative info to students would be good though because it could lead to the next generation discovering something that is currently beyond our realm.
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The history of Western science IS the history of religion. Science started as religious philosophy- the source of most science, education, and medicine in the Western world.\n\nPeople started to notice that the world worked in logical, predictable ways, just as a logical creative God would have made it, then sought to learn about the underlying rules of the universe.\n\nSometimes, one side or the other gets full of itself (sadly, religion has most often been the offender) and starts making proclaimations and statements of doctrine that conflict with what the other side is finding to be the reality.\n\nThe classic case if Gallileo saying the Earth rotates around the sun, and they both are moving. That conflicted the the THEORY that the Earth is the center of God's creation- NOT any Biblical statement, just a dry, human theory- more of a guess, really, since it was obviously easy to set up an experiment to disprove.\n\nWhen both groups recognize the purpose and value of the other group, without getting all huffy about things that cannot be proven, they get along just great!
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Cuz the teachers are boring! But I agree with Holly T that history is fascinating to learn cuz it will show you the fact of life. Why things happened this way and that way. Further more history does make and shape recent the world.
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Number one, we learn from our mistakes!\n\nActually, you would learn the conditions and teacher behavior that are most conducive to student learning and retaining under varying circumstances.\nHow to tie together subject matter in a manner that will hold their interest.\n\nHow to spot ahead who will continue to progress and who might need more concentrated attention.
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science is the sum total of the systematic human knowledge gained by man through experimentation and observation.
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if u don't learn science, there would be nothin rite now, noo computers , no phones, no lights, nothin! cos science is the study of things around u, and no science, u get nothin, but more dangerous diseases.
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Science and technology can be experienced in many different ways, particularly in reference to the things that interest children. When children are a little older (3-5), they enter into the Foundation Stage curriculum, and science comes under the heading of 'Knowledge and Understanding of the World'. \n\nIf a child is interested in something, the best thing to do is to help them find out all they can about the topic, say, Pirates. for example. You could use the internet to find out about pirates, what they looked like, how they spoke, what they did, where they came from etc. and use what they find out to play a game, maybe even turn the sofa into a pirate ship for the day :) Children love to learn, and like it even more when it's something they care about.\n\nI know this is a very general idea on science and technology, but it can be applied to lots of situations. Hope this helps.
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Well,  learning evolved through people asking each other for information and passing knowledge down through the spoken word. Of course this means that a little of it got lost on the way.  But an incredible amount survived.  We amaze ourselves sometimes by discovering something that other people have aalways known and are surprised that we did'nt know.\nSometimes we think that we're smarter than people who lived  long ago, but we just have more technology now.  Imagine how clever, people like Galileo and Copernicus must have been with their  astronomy studies without the  instruments that we now have.
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social sciences are NOT a part of the science "curriculum"\nSocial Science involves the knowledge of the social life of human beings...history, sociology, psychology, economics, poly sci, history  (social sciences are not part of the history department in schools, the history department is part of the social sciences)\n\n\nscience, in the other hand, is using the "scientific method" or the knowledge gained from the scientific method\n\nthe word "science" is misleading in the social sciences... the word science comes from the latin scientia, which just means "knowledge"- thus, social knowledge, whereas in the "science" field, it means gaining knowledge by using theories and experimentation.
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The general meaning of history is encouraging us to look back at the past and not make the same mistakes our previous generations have made. It makes our society better and more efficient to have knowlege of our past so we can make society the best for future generations.
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1. to prevent the past from repeating itself.\n2. to learn how our past or other countries' past has shaped our world.\n3. To learn where we come from (not in the sense of the meaning of life, but of how we developed countries from tribal huts).\n4. if you become a writer some history is good to manipulate for fictional story lines.
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What a great combination..!! I feel that I should help in some way, here you are, hope the links are useful to you.\n\nBiology Websites\n\nhttp://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/biology.html\n\nBio 275\nmolecular animations\n\nhttp://www.soest.hawaii.edu/~ffd/bio275/\n\nLinks to Recommended Resources\n\nhttp://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/RR/index.html#students\n\nExcellent Biology Links:   \n\nhttp://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/animations.htm\n\nhttp://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/index.html\n\nhttp://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animation.html\n\nA P European History Topics and Web Links Page.\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/EHAPTOpics_WebLinksPage.htm\n\nClick on the blue star (*) to get the detailed assignment sheet and a list of topics to be covered for each unit of study.  Click on the gold star (*) to go to a page filled with extensive web links to sites and many primary source documents for that unit of study.\n\nThis site has everything..!!! Perfect for A P American History.\nAmerican History:  \n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAPCourseMainPage.htm\n\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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we just had this lesson... its:\n\n1)Primary arts\n2)Greek Theories\n3)Alchemy\n4)Phlogiston\n5)Modern Chemistry
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THE EDUCATION..ACADEMIC VALUE.\nSTUDENT TRYING TO LEARN NEW THINGS..\nTEACHER TRYING TO RE-COLLECT THE THINGS ALREADY LEARNED.
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The word science means to know. We are all scientists as we study about the world.
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We learn about History so we can know what happened and not repeat the past.\n\nUnfortunately so many are so ignorant of the past that it gets repeated.