Many of the goals of research on conceptual metaphor in science education overlap with the goals of research on conceptual change. The relevance of a conceptual metaphor perspective to the study of conceptual change has already been discussed. However, a substantial body of literature on conceptual metaphor in science education has now emerged.…

Theories of mind are implicitly embedded in educational research. The predominant theory of mind during the latter half of the twentieth century has focused primarily on the individual mind in isolation, context-free problem-solving and mental representations and reasoning, what we refer to as "cognitivism." Over the last two decades, CS…

The article discusses the issue of how to represent teachers' stories and narratives in the arena of performance management. It is argued that at a time when "teachers" voices are being enthusiastically pursued and promoted, teachers' work is being technisized and narrowed" (Goodson, 1998). Arguably, teachers' knowledge regarding their work…

This article examines the foundations of gaming and related concepts, such as policy exercises and serious gaming, in a public policy making context. Examining the relevant publications in "Simulation & Gaming" since 1969, the author looks back at the development of gaming simulation for purposes such as public policy analysis and planning, and…

Examines the information seeking and evaluative behavior of attorneys and explores the dynamic mental models attorneys construct. Highlights include domain-specific relevance; cognitive maps; current research on the retrieval performance of two full-text legal databases, LEXIS and WESTLAW; and implications of attorneys' mental models for legal…