INVESTIGADORES
ARLEGO Marcelo Jose Fabian
artículos
Título:
Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the Special Theory of Relativity in high school
Autor/es:
MARÍA RITA OTERO; MARCELO ARLEGO; FABIANA PRODANOFF
Revista:
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENSINO DE FISICA - (Print)
Editorial:
SOC BRASILEIRA FISICA
Referencias:
Año: 2015
ISSN:
1806-1117
Resumen:
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 aseries 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 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 bringing to students a firm basis to address the more complex aspects of the subject.
