Towards a cognitive semiotics of science: the case of physical chemistry

Michael May; Karen Skriver; Gert Dandanell

doi:10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0

Towards a cognitive semiotics of science: the case of physical chemistry

Bidragets oversatte titel: Kognitiv semiotik i naturvidenskabsdidaktik:: Graf- og Modelforståelse

Michael May, Karen Skriver, Gert Dandanell

Abstract

The main argument of this chapter is that cognitive semiotics will allow us to articulate a semiotics of science where philosophical and didactic aspects of scientific discourse can be investigated from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. More specifically the focus will be on two selected problems of graph and model comprehension in science education within reaction kinetics in physical chemistry: similarities between graphs misapprehended as images can confuse students, and image-schematic metaphorical interpretations of graphs can support model misconceptions. To understand didactic problems of this kind we need a semiotic analysis of science as a discourse.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Kognitiv semiotik i naturvidenskabsdidaktik:: Graf- og Modelforståelse
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Meaning, mind and communication : explorations in cognitive semiotics
Redaktører	Jordan Zlatev, Göran Sonesson, Piotr Konderak
Antal sider	26
Forlag	Peter Lang
Publikationsdato	2016
Sider	101-126
Kapitel	6
ISBN (Trykt)	978-3-631-65704-1
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-3-653-04948-0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0
Status	Udgivet - 2016

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Towards a cognitive semiotics of science: the case of physical chemistry. / May, Michael; Skriver, Karen ; Dandanell, Gert.
Meaning, mind and communication: explorations in cognitive semiotics. red. / Jordan Zlatev; Göran Sonesson; Piotr Konderak. Peter Lang, 2016. s. 101-126.

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