{"product_id":"converging-perspectives-on-conceptual-change-tamer-g-amin-9781138205390","title":"Converging Perspectives on Conceptual Change: Mapping an Emerging Paradigm in the Learning Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003eConceptual change, how conceptual understanding is transformed, has been investigated extensively since the 1970s. The field has now grown into a multifaceted, interdisciplinary effort with strands of research in cognitive and developmental psychology, education, educational psychology, and the learning sciences. \u003ci\u003eConverging Perspectives on Conceptual Change\u003c\/i\u003e brings together an extensive team of expert contributors from around the world, and offers a unique examination of how distinct lines of inquiry can complement each other and have converged over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmin and Levrini adopt a new approach to assembling the diverse research on conceptual change: the combination of short position pieces with extended synthesis chapters within each section, as well as an overall synthesis chapter at the end of the volume, provide a coherent and comprehensive perspective on conceptual change research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArranged over five parts, the book covers a number of topics including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe nature of concepts and conceptual change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003erepresentation, language, and discourse in conceptual change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003emodeling, explanation, and argumentation in conceptual change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003emetacognition and epistemology in conceptual change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eidentity and conceptual change.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this wide-ranging volume, the editors present researchers and practitioners with a more internally consistent picture of conceptual change by exploring convergence and complementarity\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eacross perspectives. By mapping features of an emerging paradigm, they challenge newcomers and established scholars alike to embrace a more programmatic orientation towards conceptual change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tamer G. Amin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138205397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138205390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Tamer G. Amin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087710269695,"sku":"9781138205390","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03084156-ee30-43f2-85fd-e2b944f7109e.jpg?v=1769100968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/converging-perspectives-on-conceptual-change-tamer-g-amin-9781138205390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}