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DR MAURIZIO TOSCANO



Contact Details

Organization: Physics, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: Honorary (Fellow), LECTURER IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=12164
Work: 8344 8373
Fax: 8344 3742
Room: 1002
Level: 10
Building: Doug Mcdonell Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Science Education, Astronomy Education, Physics Education, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Education Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1995
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1999

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Science Teachers Association of Victoria MSTAV 01-Mar-2006

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Thought experimentation and modelling in the science classroom


    Year: 2008
    Event name: AARE 2007 International Educational Research Conference - Fremantle
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of AARE 2007 International Educational Research Conference - Fremantle
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Thought experiments in science education
    Year: 2007
    Book: epiSTEME-2: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education
    Publisher: Macmillan India
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • The Celestial Timekeepers


    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 283-291
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Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The Celestial Timekeepers


    Year: 2002
    Event name: Third International Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phemonena
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena
    Page numbers: 283-286
    Publisher: Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana(Rome)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • An overview of the policy landscape


    Year: 2001
    Book: Policy is not a dirty word...
    Publisher: Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • The nature of the PSR J2051-0827 esclipses
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume: 321
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 576-584
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