Getting To Know About Energy In School And Society [Paperback]

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.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.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.US? J.Solomon, 1992