Conceptual metaphor and embodied cognition in science learning

Taylor & Francis

Conceptual metaphor and embodied cognition in science learningAuthor(s): Tamer Amin, Fredrik Jeppsson, Jesper Haglund\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367075842, 978-0367075842\nSynopsis\nScientific concepts are abstract human constructions, invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena. Scientists use specialised languages, diagrams, and mathematical representations of various kinds to convey these abstract constructions. This book uses the perspectives of embodied cognition and conceptual metaphor to explore how learners make sense of these concepts. That is, it is assumed that human cognition including scientific cognition is grounded in the body and in the material and social contexts in which it is embedded. Understanding abstract concepts is therefore grounded, via metaphor, in knowledge derived from sensory and motor experiences arising from interaction with the physical world. \n\nThe volume cons.