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Teleology in biology, chemistry and physics education: what primary teachers should know

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dc.creator KOSTAS KAMPOURAKIS
dc.date 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:30:23Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:30:23Z
dc.identifier 1791-261X
dc.identifier 1792-3999
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/826d7a65efc045b1b24aa8db4697cc5d
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30962
dc.description Recent research in cognitive psychology suggests that children develop intuitions that may clash with what is accepted by scientists, thus making certain scientific concepts difficult to understand. Children possess intuitions about design and purpose that make them provide teleological explanations to many different sorts of tasks. One possible explanation for the origin of the bias to view objects as made for something derives from an early sensitivity to intentional agents and to their behavior as intentional object users and object makers. What is important is that teleological explanations may not be exclusively restricted in biological phenomena, as commonly assumed. Consequently, primary school teachers should take that into account when teaching biology, chemistry or physics concepts and try to refrain from enforcing students’ teleological intuitions.
dc.language English
dc.language French
dc.publisher Metaichmio Publications
dc.relation http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/review/papers/1_2/1_2_81_95.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1791-261X
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1792-3999
dc.source Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 81-93 (2007)
dc.subject Teleology
dc.subject biology
dc.subject chemistry
dc.subject physics
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Teleology in biology, chemistry and physics education: what primary teachers should know
dc.type article


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