1. Editorial

   • Michael Matthews

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. The Effect of a History-Based Course in Optics on Students' Views about Science

   • Igal Galili
   • Amnon Hazan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 32

3. Scientific Controversies in Teaching Science: The Case of Volta

   • Nahum Kipnis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 49

4. History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science in Science Education: Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study

   • Hsingchi A. Wang
   • William H. Sshmidt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 70

5. Scientific Culture and Public Education

   • Alberto Cordero

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 83

6. A New Principle of Demarcation: A Modest Proposal for Science and Science Education

   • David Gruender

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 95

7. Teaching Ethics and Technology – What is Required?

   • Jan Crosthwaite

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 105

8. The Use of Drama in Science Education: The Case of “Blegdamsvej Faust”

   • Panagiotis Pantidos
   • Kalliopi Spathi
   • Evagelos Vitoratos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 117

9. Methodology and Politics in Science: The Fate of Huygens' 1673 Proposal of the Seconds Pendulum as an International Standard of Length and Some Educational Suggestions

   • Michael R. Matthews

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 135

10. The Influence of Ernst Mach in the Teaching of Mechanics

    • Andre K. T. Assis
    • Arden Zylbersztajn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 144

11. Galileo's ‘Jumping-Hill’ Experiment in the Classroom – A Constructivist's Analysis

    • Fritz Kubli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 148

12. Georg von Békésy, Nobel Laureate in Physiology, Experimental Physicist and Art Collector was Born 100 Years Ago

    • László Kovács

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 152

13. The Contribution of the History of Physics in Physics Education: A Review

    • Fanny Seroglou
    • Panagiotis Koumaras

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 172

14. Nature-of-Science Literacy in Benchmarks and Standards: Post-Modern/Relativist or Modern/Realist?

    • Ron Good
    • James Shymansky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 185

15. The Nature of Science and Science Education: A Bibliography

    • Randy Bell
    • Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
    • Michael R. Matthews

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 204