Teaching Physics to In-Service Primary School Teachers in the Context of the History of Science: The Case of Falling Bodies

Autor/inn/en	Kokkotas, Panos; Piliouras, Panagiotis; Malamitsa, Katerina; Stamoulis, Efthymios
Titel	Teaching Physics to In-Service Primary School Teachers in the Context of the History of Science: The Case of Falling Bodies
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 18 (2009) 5, S.609-629 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-008-9139-5
Schlagwörter	Scientific Principles; Physics; Teaching Methods; Program Implementation; Science History; Science Instruction; Science Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Elementary School Teachers; Scientists; Foreign Countries; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; History of science; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Lehrerfortbildung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Ausland; Griechenland
Abstract	Our paper presents an in-service primary school teachers' training program which is based on the idea that the history of science can play a vital role in promoting the learning of physics. This training program has been developed in the context of Comenius 2.1 which is a European Union program. This program that we have developed in the University of Athens is based on socioconstructivist and sociocultural learning principles with the intention of helping teachers to appropriate the basic knowledge on the issue of falling bodies. Moreover, it has the aim to make explicit through the exploitation of authentic historical science events, on the above topic (Aristotle's, Galileo's and Newton's theories on falling bodies) the Nature of Science (NoS), the Nature of Learning (NoL) and the Nature of Teaching (NoT). During the implementation of the program we have used a variety of teaching strategies (e.g. group work, making of posters, making of concept maps, simulations) that utilize historical scientific materials on the issue of falling bodies. (As Provided).
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