From relativism in physics education to objectivism in physics

In this paper, we shall analyse the contrast between constructivism in the physics teaching and methodological objetictivism about physics. We will show that many pedagogical, epistemological and ontological constructivist perspectives are at the core of criticism of science education literature. We...

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Autores: Laburú, Carlos Eduardo, da Silva, Marcos Rodrigues
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Investigações em ensino de ciências
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.if.ufrgs.br:article/599
Acceso en línea:https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/599
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:constructivism
relativism
objectivism
physics education.
construtivismo
relativismo
objetivismo
ensino de Física
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Sumario:In this paper, we shall analyse the contrast between constructivism in the physics teaching and methodological objetictivism about physics. We will show that many pedagogical, epistemological and ontological constructivist perspectives are at the core of criticism of science education literature. We will also show, particularly, that the epistemological and ontological criticism is supported by eminent physicists. Our main concern will concentrate on relativist statute aspect of constructivism, that transfer epistemic and ontological presuppositions of learningteaching process, to an understanding of the nature of development of the scientific knowledge. Finally, we will try to see in what manner it is not necessary to compromise with a realistic epistemology in order to make the objectivist posture defensible in physics.