Conceptual Metaphor and Embodied Cognition in Science Learning

Summary

This book explores how learners make sense of scientific concepts from the perspectives of embodied cognition and conceptual metaphor, assuming that human cognition is grounded in the body, the material, and social contexts in which it is embedded. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Science Education.

Product details

• Authors: Tamer (American University of Beirut Amin
• Assisted by: Tamer Amin (Editor), Jesper Haglund (Editor), Fredrik Jeppsson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2018
• EAN: 9780367075842
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07584-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Science: general issues, SCIENCE / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Sciences, General Science, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General