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Frade, Cristina; Winbourne, Peter; Braga, Selma Moura – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2009
We offer a theoretical contribution to the discussion of transfer from a situated point of view. We reconceptualise what, within the school context, might be thought of in Bernstein's terms as the transfer of knowledge between two insulated vertical discourses. We describe an interdisciplinary project carried out by secondary mathematics and…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Transfer of Training, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions
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Boote, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1998
Considers the role of word problems in physics education and proposes that word problems serve as exemplars of prototype categories that play a key role in enculturating students into the community of the physics literate. Contains 25 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, Physics, Science Instruction