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Curricular innovations in teaching modern physics: investigating a partnership between teachers and science center

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Author(s):
Pedro Donizete Colombo Júnior
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI)
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Examining board members:
Cibelle Celestino Silva; Maurício Urban Kleinke; Cristina Leite; Martha Marandino; Nelson Studart Filho
Advisor: Cibelle Celestino Silva
Abstract

This research focuses a curriculum innovation and the introduction of modern physics in the Brazilian high school based on the partnership between formal and informal education. We established the construction and use of a Teaching Learning Sequence (TLS) that incorporates classroom elements with activities in a science center, taking into account the teaching knowledge and the specificities of both institutions. The TLS elaborated were based on teaching with emphasis on the content, in this case the teaching of modern physics using solar physics in different collaborative contexts. The concerned science center was Dietrich Schiel Observatory, in the University of Sao Paulo\"s Center for Scientific and Cultural Dissemination, Brazil. The methodology used in the construction and implementation of the TLS was entitled \"cycles of reflection\", understood as a continuous research actions that provide, at every stage of investigation, didactic and pedagogical support for the teacher-researcher partnership. We used a qualitative research methodology and adopt the rules of the didactic transposition as tool for validation of the TLS. The data were analyzed using the didactic rhombus notion, with its epistemic and pedagogical dimensions. Our results indicate that the TLS obey the rules of didactic transposition and the activities favored teaching in their didactic and epistemic dimensions. We conclude that the TLS and the partnership can be considered satisfactory enabling the integration between school and science center, favoring to insert modern physics and solar physics in high school. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/16843-9 - Curricular innovations in physics teaching: Investigating a partnership between teachers and a science center
Grantee:Pedro Donizete Colombo Junior
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate