Book Chapters

K. Kampourakis (2024) Introduction: Myths and Darwin. In K. Kampourakis (Ed.) Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-13.

K. Kampourakis (2024) Conclusion: What inferences about science can we draw from Charles Darwin’s life and work In K. Kampourakis (Ed.) Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting FalsehoodsCambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 286-300.

K. Kampourakis (2023). The Development of Darwin’s Theory: From Natural Theology to Natural Selection. In: Elice Brzezinski Prestes, M. (eds) Understanding Evolution in Darwin’s “Origin”. History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, vol 34. Springer, Cham, 99-110.

R. Nehm, K. Kampourakis (2022) Evolution education and outreach – important things to know about how to teach about evolution. In  Xana Sá-Pinto, Anna Beniermann, Tom Børsen, Martha Georgiou, Alex Jeffries, Patrícia Pessoa, Bruno Sousa, Dana L. Zeidler (Eds). Learning evolution through socioscientific issues. UA Editora, 87-104.

K. Kampourakis (2021Should we give peas a chance? An argument for a Mendel-free biology curriculum. In Haskel-Ittah, Michal, Yarden, Anat (Eds.) Genetics Education: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions. Dordrecht: Springer, 3-16.

F. Stern, K. Kampourakis, M. Delaval, A. Müller (2021) How are secondary students’ teleological and essentialist conceptions expressed in the context of genetics and what can teachers do to address them? In Haskel-Ittah, Michal, Yarden, Anat (Eds.) Genetics Education: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions. Dordrecht: Springer, 145-159.

K. Kampourakis (2020) Why does it matter that many biology concepts are metaphors? In K. Kampourakis, T. Uller (Eds.) Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 102-122.

K. Kampourakis, T. Uller (2020) How can we teach philosophy of science to biologists? In K. Kampourakis, T. Uller (Eds.) Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 299-311.

T. Uller, K. Kampourakis (2020) Why should biologists care about the philosophy of science? In K. Kampourakis, T. Uller (Eds.) Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1-20.

K. Kampourakis (2020) Supporting Science Teachers’ Nature of Science Understandings Through a Specially Developed Philosophy of Science Course. In: McComas W. (eds) Nature of Science in Science Instruction. Springer, Cham, 641-658.

W.F. McComas, K. Kampourakis (2020) Using Anecdotes from the History of Biology, Chemistry, Geology, and Physics to Illustrate General Aspects of Nature of Science. In: McComas W. (eds) Nature of Science in Science Instruction. Springer, Cham, 551-576.

K. Papaioannou, K. Kampourakis (2020) Health-care professionals’ awareness and understanding of genomics. In G. P. Patrinos (Ed.) Applied Genomics and Public Health. San Diego CA: Academic Press, 225-242.

K. Kampourakis (2019) How are the uncertainties in scientific knowledge represented in the public sphere? The genetics of intelligence as a case study. In K. McCain and K. Kampourakis (Eds.) What is Scientific Knowledge? An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science. New York: Routledge, 288-305.

K. Kampourakis (2019) Genetics makes more sense in the light of development. In Giuseppe Fusco (Ed.) Perspectives on Evolutionary and Developmental Biology: Essays for Alessandro Minelli. Padova: University of Padova Press, 115-122.

P. Stasinakis, K. Kampourakis (2018) Teaching evolution in Greece. In H. Deniz, L. Borgerding (Eds.). Evolution Education Around the Globe. Dordrecht: Springer, 195-212.

K. Kampourakis, M. Reiss (2018) Concluding remarks. In K. Kampourakis, M. Reiss (Eds.). Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues and Trends. New York: Routledge, 275-280.

K. Kampourakis, K. Niebert (2018) Explanation in biology education. In K. Kampourakis, M. Reiss (Eds.). Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues and Trends. New York: Routledge, 236-248.

K. Kampourakis, P. Stasinakis (2018) Development. In K. Kampourakis, M. Reiss (Eds.). Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues and Trends. New York: Routledge, 99-110.

M. Reiss, K. Kampourakis (2018) Introduction: Biology didactics. In K. Kampourakis, M. Reiss (Eds.). Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues and Trends. New York: Routledge, 1-8.

K. Kampourakis (2017) Nature of science representations in Greek secondary school biology textbooks. In McDonald C., Abd-El-Khalick, F. (Eds.) Representations of Nature of Science in School Science Textbooks: A Global Perspective. London: Routledge, 118-134.

K. Kampourakis (2017) Public understanding of genetic testing and obstacles to genetics literacy. In Patrinos G.P., Danielson P., Ansorge W.J. (Eds). Molecular Diagnostics (3rd edition). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 469-477.

K. Kampourakis (2015) Myth 16: That Gregor Mendel was a lonely pioneer of genetics, being ahead of his time. In R. L. Numbers and K. Kampourakis (Eds.). Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 129-138.

R. Nehm, K. Kampourakis (2014) History and philosophy of science and the teaching of macroevolution. In M.R. Matthews (Ed.). International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching. Dordrecht: Springer, 401-421.

K. Kampourakis, R. Nehm (2014) History and philosophy of science and the teaching of evolution: students’ conceptions and explanations. In M.R. Matthews (Ed.). International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching. Dordrecht: Springer, 377-399.

R.M. Burian, K.Kampourakis (2013) Against “genes for”: Could an inclusive concept of genetic material effectively replace gene concepts? In K. Kampourakis (Ed.) The Philosophy of Biology: a Companion for Educators. Dordrecht: Springer, 597-628.

J.G. Lennox, K. Kampourakis (2013) Biological teleology: the need for history. In K. Kampourakis (Ed.) The Philosophy of Biology: a Companion for Educators. Dordrecht: Springer, 421-454.

K. Kampourakis (2013)Philosophy of biology and biology education: an introduction. In K. Kampourakis (Ed.). The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators.Dordrecht:Springer, 1-29.

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