Conceptual Profiles A Theory of Teaching and Learning Scientific Concepts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mortimer, Eduardo F. (Editor), El-Hani, Charbel N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 42
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Learning & Instruction.

The language of science has many words and phrases whose meaning either changes in differing contexts or alters to reflect developments in a given discipline. This book presents the authors’ theories on using ‘conceptual profiles’ to make the teaching of context-dependent meanings more effective. De...