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ERIC Number: EJ512553
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Metaphors as Global Markers for Teachers' Beliefs about the Nature of Science.
Milne, Catherine; Taylor, Peter Charles
Research in Science Education, v25 n1 p39-49 1995
Analyzed metaphors used by science teachers in their classroom discourse and their influence on the image of science constructed by students. The use of role-determining objectivist metaphors signifies teachers' pedagogies being governed by an objectivist epistemology. Teachers need to reflect critically on their use of metaphors to develop a constructivist pedagogy in the classroom. (40 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Metaphors, Observation, Science Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia; Science Education Research