Figurative Thinking and the Nature of Physics.

Autor/in	Mashhadi, Azam
Titel	Figurative Thinking and the Nature of Physics.
Quelle	(1997), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Analogy; Concept Formation; Creative Thinking; Elementary Secondary Education; Figurative Language; Foreign Countries; Metaphors; Physics; Questionnaires; Science Education; Student Attitudes; Thinking Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Kreatives Denken; Ausland; Physik; Fragebogen; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Scientific language is not simply for recording facts but it is also an instrument of thought. It has a central role in not only developing a sense of social identity for members of the scientific community and students in the classroom but also in inculcating views on the nature of science and reality itself. Physicists have created a language in which the fundamental components and symmetries of the world cannot be observed. It is not the case that there is a non-metaphorical physics that has to be made intelligible using figurative language--analogy and metaphor are inherent in the nature of physics. Figurative thinking lies at the heart of scientific thinking. Some results of an empirical investigation of students' conceptions of figurative language are described following an analysis of the nature of metaphors, analogies, and models. Contains 55 references. (Author/NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01