How scientific concepts come to matter in early childhood curriculum: rethinking the concept of force

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1201-1222

  de Freitas, Elizabeth ^a   Palmer, Anna ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Deleuze; Early childhood classroom; New materialist philosophy; Scientific concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922567164     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-014-9652-6     Document Type: Article

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