Getting to Know About Energy in School and Society

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

General Knowledge About Energy; Schools Of Thought On Children's Notions; children's ideas on energy; evidence from talking; learning as an extension of general knowledge; the formal domain of scientific knowledge; teaching about conservation; the social uses of energy; the defining technologies of energy.

About the author

Joan Solomon

Summary

This work considers the different meanings of energy and its effects upon language and personality. It highlights, through a range of practical examples, the difficulties of teaching the concept of "energy" and ways in which it can be related to the everyday world and school physics.

Product details

• Authors: Solomon Un Joan, Solomon Joan Solomon, Joan Solomon, Solomon Joan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.1992
• EAN: 9780750700191
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0019-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Physics, Electrical Engineering, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Physics, Energy conversion & storage, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General