Ebook: Getting to know about energy : in school and society

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. Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; 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 Knowing; The Formal Domain of Scientific Knowledge; Teaching about Conservation; The Social Uses of Energy; The Defining Technologies of Energy; References; Index