Embodied, epistemic cognition in science education
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Where exactly does scientific thinking happen? While I tend to answer this question with physics in mind, I learned a lot from my colleague Hendra Agustian, who is a chemistry education researcher.
Together, we looked at scientific practices in laboratory settings – and explored how practices of embodied and epistemic cognition truly converge there. Our insights were recently published in Science & Education; do take a look 🧪