Recent Publications
Davson-Galle, P, (2009) Reason and Professional Ethics, Ashgate Publishing Ltd,
ISBN: 978-0-7546-5484-1. Link to publisher's listing is:
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754654841
Chapter 1 "Introductory remarks and overview" is available in final submitted but unformatted form from the
author, the publisher's weblisting or at http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/authors/Davson-Galle,_P.html.
Davson-Galle, P, (2008) "Against Science Education: The Aims of Science Education and Their Connection to
School Science Curricula", Education Research Trends, Nova Publishers, Bertrand, T. & Roux, L. (ed), pp. 1-
30. ISBN 978-1-60456-640-6. (Also available at:
http://eprints.utas.edu.au/7553/ in final submission, but
unformatted form.)
Reprinted in: Progress in Education, Vol 17, Nova Publishers, Nata, R, (ed), pp. 31-60. ISBN 978-1-60692-
505-8, (2009)
Davson-Galle, P, (2008) “Why Compulsory Science Education Should Not Include Philosophy of Science”, Science
and Education, Vol 17, No 10, pp 677-716. (Also available at: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/7223/ in final submission, but
unformatted, form.)
Davson-Galle, P, (2004) “Understanding: ‘Knowledge’, ‘Belief’ and ‘Understanding’”, Science and Education,
Vol 13, No 6, pp 503-517
Davson-Galle, P, (2004) ‘Philosophy of Science, Critical Thinking and Science Education’, Science and
Education, Vol 13, No 6, pp 591-598
Research Interests
Research Interests
Mr Davson-Galle is an arts faculty trained philosopher. His research interests in philosophy of science
culminated in a monograph on relativism about truth and progressed to current research interests on the
faults of constructivist thinking about curricula and on the role of philosophy of science as a possible
component of secondary school science curricula. This connects with a broader interest in the role of
philosophy generally in school curricula and, in particular with the Community of Inquiry pedagogical and
curricular approach introduced by the so-called Philosophy for Children movement of the last thirty years.
(Apart from publishing in the field, Mr Davson-Galle was a founding editorial board member of the, now
defunct, journal Critical & Creative Thinking and is accredited and experienced in running workshops for
teachers on philosophy in schools).
Another research interest has been reasoning and this, combined with a research interest in ethics (he was
for many years a referee on utilitarian theories of ethics for The Australasian Journal of Philosophy and
published widely in the area) and an undergraduate teaching focus on applied ethical issues arising in
education, has led to another monograph on extended reasoning about such issues (see above).
Mr Davson-Galle is on the editorial boards of the international research journals: Educational Philosophy
and Theory, Journal of Educational Enquiry and Science and Education and has acted as occasional referee for
Journal of Philosophy of Education and Philosophical Papers.
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