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.

Joan Solomon

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.