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	Dr. Shu-Chiu Liu
	Dr. Shu-Chiu Liu is a former PhD student in the physics education group (www.uni-oldenburg.de/histodid/) of the programme and obtained her doctoral degree in 2004. The title of her phD thesis is "The alternative models of the universe: A cross-cultural study on students´ and historical ideas about the heavens and the earth with a view towards reshaping science instruction." Currently she works as a post-doc fellow for DFG (German Research Foundation) and carries on participating in the programme. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Fakultät 5 - Institut für Physik Postfach 5634 D-26046 Oldenburg Germany Telefon: +49 441 798 3775 E-Mail: shu.c.liu@uol.de
			Her PhD thesis is publicised in the series "Beiträge zur Didaktischen Rekonstruktion" as Volume 8.

Model-based learning and science instruction: Establishing science instructional approaches using scientific, pre-scientific and students´ alternative models

Research interests:

Students´ alternative conceptions in various scientific topics
Historical development of scientific ideas
History and philosophy of science in school science teaching
Model-based teaching and learning
The intercultural perspective of conceptual research

Books/theses

Liu, S.-C. (2005). The alternative models of the universe: A cross-cultural study on students’ and historical ideas about the heavens and the earth with a view towards reshaping science instruction. Beitraege zur Didaktischen Rekonstruktion, Bd. 8. Didaktisches Zentrum Oldenburg (Germany). 218 pp. ISSN: 1617-3139. ISBN: 3-8142-0954-0.

Articles in journals/contributions to books

Liu, S.-C. (2005). From geocentric to heliocentric model of the universe, and the alternative perspectives. Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 6(2), Article 1, available from the website: www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v6_issue2/liusc/

Liu, S.-C. (2005). Models of “the heavens and the earth”: An investigation of German and Taiwanese students´ alternative conceptions of the universe. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 3(2), 295-325.

Liu, S.-C. (2004). Alternative Modelle des Universums. Einblicke, Herbst Ausgabe, 24-27.

Liu, S.-C. (2006). Learning from the history: A lesson on the model of the earth. Science Education Review, 5(1), 6-13.

Liu, S.-C. (in review). Historical models and science instruction: A cross-cultural analysis based on students’ view. Research in Science Education.

Conference Papers

Liu, S.-C. (2003). In thinking of Heaven and Earth- A cross-cultural study on students´ and early scientists´ ideas. In A. Pitton (Hg.): Außerschulisches Lernen in Physik und Chemie. Jahrestagung der GDCP in Flensburg 2002. Lit Verlag, 287-289.