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Meaning-making exhibits relative stability, akin to conservation principles in science. Core meanings persist despite changing contexts, crucial for cultural and cognitive development.

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  • Integrates concepts from thermodynamics, semiotics, and cultural psychology.
  • Explores the principle of conservation as an analogy for meaning-making stability.

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  • Meaning-making involves semiotic transformations, paralleling physical and chemical changes.
  • Theories of Vygotsky, Peirce, and Valsiner inform the distinction between sense and meaning.
  • Permanent impermanence of signs allows for relative meaning stability amidst contextual shifts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose the concept of 'semiotic conservation' in understanding meaning-making.
  • To explore how core meaning elements are preserved despite sign transformation.
  • To highlight implications for science education, communication, and psychological development.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical integration of thermodynamics, semiotics, and cultural psychology.
  • Analysis of microgenesis as a mechanism for sign transformation and continuity.
  • Illustrative examples from everyday language (heat) and science education.

Main Results:

  • Signs transform while maintaining continuity, preserving core meaning elements.
  • Examples demonstrate the coexistence of scientific and everyday meanings (e.g., heat).
  • Learning involves reorganization, not replacement, of existing semiotic elements.

Conclusions:

  • Conservation in meaning-making ensures continuity, fostering cultural stability and cognitive growth.
  • Understanding semiotic conservation is vital for effective science education and communication.
  • This dynamic process underpins psychological development and adaptation.