Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school

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Autor(a) principal: Otero,María Rita
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Arlego,Marcelo, Prodanoff,Fabiana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física (Online)
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Resumo: In this work, we design, implement and analyze a didactic sequence for the teaching of the basic topics of special relativity theory in high school. The sequence proposes a series of situations, specially designed to allow the emergence of the central aspects of special relativity. The conceptualization process is investigated from the point of view of the theory of conceptual fields of Vergnaud. By means of a careful analysis of classroom student productions we detect the key theorems-in-action they use, evidencing that most of conceptual errors are of pre-relativistic nature. This leads us to a reformulation of the sequence, which promotes the conceptualization of Galilean relativity and the principles of the special relativity. This previous step aims at bringing to students a firm basis to address the more complex aspects of the subject.
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title Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
spellingShingle Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
Otero,María Rita
physics didactics
special relativity
theory of conceptual fields
high school teaching
title_short Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
title_full Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
title_fullStr Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
title_full_unstemmed Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
title_sort Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school
author Otero,María Rita
author_facet Otero,María Rita
Arlego,Marcelo
Prodanoff,Fabiana
author_role author
author2 Arlego,Marcelo
Prodanoff,Fabiana
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Otero,María Rita
Arlego,Marcelo
Prodanoff,Fabiana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv physics didactics
special relativity
theory of conceptual fields
high school teaching
topic physics didactics
special relativity
theory of conceptual fields
high school teaching
description In this work, we design, implement and analyze a didactic sequence for the teaching of the basic topics of special relativity theory in high school. The sequence proposes a series of situations, specially designed to allow the emergence of the central aspects of special relativity. The conceptualization process is investigated from the point of view of the theory of conceptual fields of Vergnaud. By means of a careful analysis of classroom student productions we detect the key theorems-in-action they use, evidencing that most of conceptual errors are of pre-relativistic nature. This leads us to a reformulation of the sequence, which promotes the conceptualization of Galilean relativity and the principles of the special relativity. This previous step aims at bringing to students a firm basis to address the more complex aspects of the subject.
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