On the significance of conceptual metaphors in teaching and learning science: Commentary on Lancor; Niebert and Gropengiesser; and Fuchs

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ByDavid F. Treagust, Reinders Duit
Original languageEnglish
Published inInternational Journal of Science Education, 37(5-6)
Pages958-965
Editor (Publisher)Taylor and Francis Ltd.
ISSN0950-0693, 1464-5289
DOI/Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2015.1025312
Publication statusPublished – 2015

We are delighted to be invited for this task as our own work on conceptual change (Duit & Treagust, 2003) so far has not explicitly included ideas from the conceptual metaphor field. In other words, we see this task as a chance to revise and further develop our more ‘classical’ conceptual change views.