Christine Howe

Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence

The Case of Everyday Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Heat breaks up charcoal and puts sulphur dioxide in'; 'The air pulls faster on heavy masses.' These and other similar statements by school-aged children untutored in physics carry two messages. First, children's pre-instructional conceptions of the physical world are a far cry from the received wisdom of science; second, despite their lack of orthodoxy, children's conceptions carry a definite sense of causal mechanism. This sense of mechanism is the focal concern of this book, originally published in 1998, for it raises issues of central importance to both psychological theory and educational practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781138647893
• ISBN-10: 1138647896
• Artikelnr.: 44148765

Autorenporträt

Authored by Howe, Christine

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1: Introduction 1. Everyday Physics and Conceptual Structure
2. Rationale for a Developmental Perspective Part 2: Heat Transfer 3.
Temperature Change and Childhood Theorising 4. The 'Peripheral' Case of
Changes of Phase Part 3: Propelled Motion 5. Encapsulated Knowledge of
Horizontal Motion 6. Horizontal and Vertical Motion Compared Part 4: Object
Flotation 7. Flotation in Liquids and Stage-Like Progression 8. Flotation
in Gases or Failure to Fall Part 5: Conclusion 9. An Action-Based Theory of
Conceptual Growth 10. Action-Based Knowledge in a Wider Context. Appendix.
Notes. References. Index