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ERIC Number: EJ251431
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Laws of Nature and the Origin of Life in Pupils' Consciousness: A Study of Contradictory Modes of Thought.
Engestrom, Yrjo
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v25 n2 p39-61 1981
Data identified two essential contradictions within the development of Finnish primary and secondary pupils' natural-scientific consciousness: one between the dominant biological-biologistic conception and the emerging physical-chemical or universal conception of the laws of nature; the other between religious and natural-scientific conceptions of the origin of life. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts, Natural Sciences, Religious Factors, Scientific Concepts, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland; Origin of Life