social kinds

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are types of things found in the social world, but which do not represent essential, eternal type, rather they derive from human institutions and are subject to social consensus, so can change over time (e.g., schools, lessons, school leadership, gifted learners, school subjects)

cf. natural kinds

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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.