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ERIC Number: EJ341800
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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"Conceptual Change in Science Education: Paradigms and Language-Games."
Stenhouse, David
Science Education, v70 n4 p413-25 Jul 1986
Offers perspectives on how conceptual changes actually take place in students. Proposes that elements of Kuhn's concept of scientific paradigms and Wittgenstein's concept of the "language-game" be considered in an analysis of conceptual change. Explains how components of these models relate to science learning. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role, Models, Philosophy, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Philosophy of Science