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ERIC Number: EJ540096
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
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Constructivist Metaphors of Learning Science.
Ogborn, Jon
Science and Education, v6 n1-2 p121-33 Jan 1997
Discusses and criticizes a number of constructivist positions in education that are based on distinctions between the metaphors of "finding" versus "making" for the obtaining of new knowledge. Discusses what is of value in constructivism and what is ill-founded baggage. Contains 25 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Knowledge Representation, Learning Theories, Metaphors, Philosophy, Science Education, Sciences, Theories
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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