conceptual ecology

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the conceptual ecology (by analogy with the environment in which an organism develops, and may or may not thrive) refers to the wider context in which conceptual development occurs.The notion implies that a person's  concepts interact and cannot be considered to develop discretely.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.