Learning optics from the history
Abstract: A number of studies have described the benefits of the incorporation of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) for learning, and teaching science as a process, for promoting conceptual changes, and a deeper understanding of scientific ideas. Physical Optics is a topic of difficult comp...
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| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Iop Publishing
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9212 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract: A number of studies have described the benefits of the incorporation of History and
Philosophy of Science (HPS) for learning, and teaching science as a process, for promoting
conceptual changes, and a deeper understanding of scientific ideas.
Physical Optics is a topic of difficult comprehension, and this fact was also observed at
thePontificia Universidad Católica Argentina when students received traditional instruction.
This article describes a project to improve the teaching of interference, and diffraction of light
within a historical context. Care was taken in developing the line of historical thought, and the
study of the hypotheses of the nature of light in proper chronological order.
In order to assess the outcome of this methodology, surveys on the subjects of interference, and
diffraction of light were conductedduring three consecutive years. During the first year a
textbooks based teaching without historical insight was imparted; later HPS based methods
were introduced. The results show that students show more enthusiasm in lectures where the
didactics uses HPS materials, and this methodology contributed to improve the students´
performance, increasing the percentage of correct answers in the exams. |
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