Metaphor and analogy in science education / edited by Peter J. Aubusson, Allan G. Harrison and Stephen M. Ritchie

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents Metaphor and analogy : serious thought in science education /Peter J. Aubusson, Allan G. Harrison, Stephen M. Ritchie Teaching and learning with analogies : friend or foe? /Allan G. Harrison, David F. Treagust Complementary epistemologies of science teaching : towards an integral perspective /John William Willison, Peter Charles Taylor Post-festum and heuristic analogies /Jens Wilbers, Reinders Duit The affective dimension of analogy /Allan G. Harrison The role of models, mental models and analogies in chemistry teaching /Richard K. Coll Metaphors for genes /Grady J. Venville, Susan J. Gribble, Jennifer Donovan Role play as analogical modelling in science /Peter J. Aubusson, Stephen Fogwill Metaphor, students' conceptions of learning and teaching, and metacognition /Gregory P. Thomas The role of analog models in the understanding of the nature of models in chemistry /Rosaria Justi, John Gilbert The role of metaphor in a new science teachers' learning from experience /Tom Russell, Michael Hrycenko Metaphors and analogies in transition : beginning teachers' lived experience /Stephen M. Ritchie, Alberto Bellocchi, Heidi Poltl, Marianne Wearmouth Why do science teachers teach the way they do and how can they improve practice? /Kenneth Tobin Can analogy help in science education research? /Peter Aubusson Metaphors we write by /Stephen M. Ritchie