Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence: The Case of Everyday Physics

ISBN-13: 9781138647923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 232 str.

Christine Howe

Opis

Children’s pre-instructional conceptions of the physical world are a far cry from the received wisdom of science; 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, first published in 1998.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Authored by Howe, Christine