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ERIC Number: EJ533242
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Metaphors as Seeds for Conceptual Change and the Improvement of Science Teaching.
Tobin, Kenneth; Tippins, Deborah J.
Science Education, v80 n6 p711-30 Nov 1996
Reviews research on the relationships between teacher metaphors and the teaching and learning of science. Portrays metaphors as a way in which knowledge about science teaching can be represented and as potential foci for discussions about enacted science curricula and powerful tools for generating new ways of thinking about the teaching and learning of science. Contains 38 references. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Metaphors, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies