Jesper Haglund – författare

Många förskollärare upplever det som en utmaning att undervisa i teknik. Vad ska det handla om och hur ska man göra? Den här boken synliggör och diskuterar vad teknik som kunskapsområde i förskolan kan vara och hur undervisning i teknik kan gå till. Bokens undertitel, Robotar möter enkla maskiner, förmedlar budskapet att teknik i förskolan handlar om att introducera den digitala tekniken såväl som traditionella tekniska områden, som bygg och konstruktion och analoga tekniska lösningar. Fokus ligger på att ge didaktiska verktyg för att undervisa i och om teknik, och att visa hur förskolan kan arbeta för att utveckla teknikundervisningen.

Boken är en antologi där varje kapitel utgörs av tankar, resultat och implikationer från studier som författarna har genomfört. På så vis tillgängliggör boken forskning för praktiker och visar på hur den blir relevant och användbar för undervisningen.

Boken vänder sig främst till blivande och verksamma förskollärare, men även annan pedagogisk personal, som vill utveckla sina kunskaper om hur teknikundervisning med de yngre barnen kan gå till.

Bokens huvudredaktörer:Johan Boström är lektor i teknikens didaktik vid Linnéuniversitetet. Jesper Haglund är docent och arbetar som lektor i fysikens didaktik vid Karlstad universitet. Jonas Hallström är professor i teknikens didaktik vid Linköpings universitet. Pernilla Sundqvist är lektor i naturvetenskapens och teknikens didaktik vid Mälardalens universitet.

Scientific concepts are abstract human constructions, invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena. Scientists use specialised languages, diagrams, and mathematical representations of various kinds to convey these abstract constructions. This book uses the perspectives of embodied cognition and conceptual metaphor to explore how learners make sense of these concepts. That is, it is assumed that human cognition – including scientific cognition – is grounded in the body and in the material and social contexts in which it is embedded. Understanding abstract concepts is therefore grounded, via metaphor, in knowledge derived from sensory and motor experiences arising from interaction with the physical world.

The volume consists of nine chapters that examine a number of intertwined themes: how systematic metaphorical mappings are implicit in scientific language, diagrams, mathematical representations, and the gestures used by scientists; how scientific modelling relies fundamentally on metaphor and can be seen as a form of narrative cognition; how implicit metaphors can be the sources of learner misconceptions; how conceptual change and the acquisition of scientific expertise involve learning to coordinate the use of multiple implicit metaphors; and how effective instruction can build on recognising the embodied nature of scientific cognition and the role of metaphor in scientific thought and learning. The volume also includes three extended commentaries from leading researchers in the fields of cognitive linguistics, the learning sciences, and science education, in which they reflect on theoretical, methodological and pedagogical issues raised in the book. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Science Education.

Scientific concepts are abstract human constructions, invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena. Scientists use specialised languages, diagrams, and mathematical representations of various kinds to convey these abstract constructions. This book uses the perspectives of embodied cognition and conceptual metaphor to explore how learners make sense of these concepts. That is, it is assumed that human cognition – including scientific cognition – is grounded in the body and in the material and social contexts in which it is embedded. Understanding abstract concepts is therefore grounded, via metaphor, in knowledge derived from sensory and motor experiences arising from interaction with the physical world.

The volume consists of nine chapters that examine a number of intertwined themes: how systematic metaphorical mappings are implicit in scientific language, diagrams, mathematical representations, and the gestures used by scientists; how scientific modelling relies fundamentally on metaphor and can be seen as a form of narrative cognition; how implicit metaphors can be the sources of learner misconceptions; how conceptual change and the acquisition of scientific expertise involve learning to coordinate the use of multiple implicit metaphors; and how effective instruction can build on recognising the embodied nature of scientific cognition and the role of metaphor in scientific thought and learning. The volume also includes three extended commentaries from leading researchers in the fields of cognitive linguistics, the learning sciences, and science education, in which they reflect on theoretical, methodological and pedagogical issues raised in the book. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Science Education.

This book presents a collection of educational research and developmental efforts on the rapidly emerging use of infrared cameras and thermal imaging in science education. It provides an overview of infrared cameras in science education to date, and of the physics and technology of infrared imaging and thermography. It discusses different areas of application of infrared cameras in physics, chemistry and biology education, as well as empirical research on students’ interaction with the technology. It ends with conclusions drawn from the contributions as a whole and a formulation of forward-looking comments.