Conceptual profile: theory of teaching and learning scientific concepts

The idea of a conceptual profile - that people can exhibit different ways of seeing and representing the world, which are used in different contexts - was proposed by Mortimer in the 1990s, as an alternative to counterbalance a strong tendency that theories and models of conceptual change exhibited at that time.The idea of conceptual profile is an attempt to frame the problem of generating new meanings in science teaching considering the interplay between modes of thinking and ways of speaking. The basic assumption is that different modes of thinking that characerize the heterogeneity of verbal thinking are interwoven with different ways of speaking. The idea of conceptual profile recognizes the coexistence, in the individual, of two or more meanings for the same word or concept, which are accessed in the appropriate context. This book is about a research program on how people learn scientific concepts and how these concepts can be taught in terms of dialoguing this heterogeneity.

• ISBN: 978-90-481-9245-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 31/07/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés