Διεθνές Σεμινάριο

Την Παρασκευή και το Σάββατο (28-29/11) θα πραγματοποιηθεί διεθνές σεμιναρίο στο "Παληό Πανεπιστήμιο", Θόλου 5 στην Πλάκα.

Στους συμμετέχοντες θα δοθεί βεβαίωση παρακολούθηση.







Αναλυτικά το πρόγραμμα έχει ως εξής:

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
DIVISION OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING COMMISSSION

SEMINAR on “EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS”

28-29 November 2008, History Museum of the University of Athens



FRIDAY 28th November

11.00 am ---

Welcome Address by the Secreteriat of The History Museum of the University of Athens
Guided Tour in The History Museum of the University of Athens


12.00 am

Opening Address by Efthymios Nicolaidis (Secretary General of the DHST)
Constantine D. Skordoulis (Secretary of the DHST- Teaching Commission)
“Aims and Scope of the Seminar”

SESSION A (12 am – 2 pm)

Ioannis L. Parkosidis (Department of Education, University of Athens): “Studying historical instruments of Navigation through software simulations for teaching spatial skills”

Yannis Bitsakis (Department of Education, University of Athens): “The Antikythera Mechanism: one century of Research and efforts for Public Understanding”

Visit to the Antikythera Mechanism Exhibition – Ionian Center


2 pm – 4 pm ---- LUNCH
SESSION B (4.00pm – 8.00pm)

Maria G. Bartolini Bussi (Dipartimento di Matematica - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia): “Mathematical machines: From History to a Mathematical Laboratory” (Research funded by Miur and the University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, within the Project PRIN on Instruments and representations in the teaching and learning of mathematics: theory and practice)

Francesca Martignone (Dipartimento di Matematica - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia): “Exploration of Machines from the History of Mathematics: Didactical and Cognitive Studies” (Research funded by Miur and the University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, within the Project PRIN on Instruments and representations in the teaching and learning of mathematics: theory and practice)

Dimitris Chassapis (Faculty of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens)
“Learning Geometry as mastering the Use of Instruments: A Case Study”

Vassilis Tsitsos, Anna Chronaki, Charoula Stathopoulou (University of Thessaly): “A deliberate transformation of an ‘artifact’ into a scientific and didactical ‘instrument’: the case of pinhole camera”


DINNER at the Club of the University of Athens (9 pm)


SATURDAY 29th November

SESSION C (10.00 am – 2 pm)

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Manolis Kartsonakis (Hellenic Open University): “Measuring and Interpreting Nature: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science”

George N. Vlahakis, Maria Terdimou (National Hellenic Research Foundation): “The Role of Scientific Instruments for Teaching Physics in Greece during the 18th-19th centuries”

Flora Paparou (Department of Chemistry, University of Athens): “The First Days of Electricity” (Teaching the History of Electricity through the use of a Historical Scientific Instruments collection)

George Fassoulopoulos, George Epsimos and Vassilis Tselfes (Faculty of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens): “Instructional use of History of Science in the reproductive structures of compulsory education: the case of thermoscope / thermometer”

Evaluation of the Seminar: Results and Prospects