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ERIC Number: EJ446459
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Historicality of Cognition: Implications for Science Education Research.
Wandersee, James H.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n4 p423-34 Apr 1992
After proposing and defining the superordinate concept of "historicality," fundamental interrelationships between time, events, memory, meaning, personal knowledge, public knowledge, and the histories of science are explored. Relevant research findings that demonstrate the confluence of scholarly thought concerning historicality across five educationally important domains are presented. (40 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Hermeneutics, Higher Education, Historiography, Science Education, Science History, Science Instruction, Sex Differences, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Historical Methods
Note: Special Issue. Teaching about the History and Nature of Science and Technology.