Seeing Light: On Cognitive Challenges, Curricular Representations and Conceptual Comprehension of Optical Phenomena among Pre-service Teachers

Autor/in	Kaur, Gurjeet
Titel	Seeing Light: On Cognitive Challenges, Curricular Representations and Conceptual Comprehension of Optical Phenomena among Pre-service Teachers
Quelle	In: Contemporary Education Dialogue, 14 (2017) 1, S.22-48 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1849
DOI	10.1177/0973184916678697
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Optics; Comprehension; Science Education; Textbooks; Intervention; Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Concept Formation; Light; Science Curriculum; Visual Aids; Science Activities; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Misconceptions; Preservice Teacher Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optik; Verstehen; Verständnis; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Licht; Anschauungsmaterial; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Missverständnis; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Indien
Abstract	Despite its familiarity and the fact that it becomes a formal area of study in early upper primary grades, optics remains a cognitive challenge for young as well as advanced learners, not only because much of it is counter-intuitive but also because its conceptual comprehension involves negotiating the vocabulary and graphical symbolism involved in the study of the subject. In this article, I will attempt to trace the comprehension difficulties faced by learners in the area of optics to the nature of the subject, the intuitive notions associated with it and its textbook representations. I will also describe an investigation into prospective teachers' ideas in optics and discuss the effect of an intervention that was conceptualised as a way forward in its teaching. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01