Metaphors in knowledge and metaphors of knowledge: Notes on the constructivist view of learning

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Tarsitani, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Accommodation; Analogy; Assimilation; Conceptual change; Constructivism; Growth of knowledge; History; Learning; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747947438     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01807483     Document Type: Article

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