DIDACTICA STRATEGIES IN TEACHING PHYSICS
cod. 1007152

Academic year 2021/22
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Maria DI BARI
Academic discipline
Didattica e storia della fisica (FIS/08)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives


Discover the specificity of the teaching of physics. Use the curiosity to teach physics. Integration between spontaneous observation, guided observation, experimentation and theory. Physics as formalized observation of nature.

Prerequisites


Fundaments of kinematics and dynamics.

Course unit content


During the course, some theoretical lectures will be used as a main trace. The topics will be related to specificities of the teaching of physics. What is Physics. Laws-models-theories. From curiosity to laws. Observation of "inexplicable" phenomena. Various degrees of experimentation. Perception problems. Motion laws from Aristotele to Newton (and more). Measurement theory. Most of the course will be devoted to experiments: they will be designed together with students. The scope is to build model experiments for the teaching of physics. The main topics of the experiments will be mechanics and optics.

Full programme

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Bibliography


Notes of the teacher. Essential bibliography of each topic will be provided.

Teaching methods


Laboratory experiments: from design, through execution to the verification. Between experiences, theoretical lectures will be present.

Assessment methods and criteria


Mostly oral examination (weight 70%). Evaluation of the laboratory work during the course (30%).

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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