Discursive Interactions, Practices and the Teaching of Special Relativity

In this research, we analyzed the discursive interactions that emerge in the classroom during the design of a teaching sequence on the concepts of space and time, within the scope of the Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity (TSR). We also identified the engagment in epistemic practices by st...

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Autores: Neves, Jefferson Adriano, Pierson, Alice Helena Campos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências (ABRAPEC)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/33345
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rbpec/article/view/33345
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Argumentation
Modern and Contemporary Physics
Argument
Theory of Special Relativity
University Education
Argumentação
Física Moderna e Contemporânea
Argumento
Teoria da Relatividade Restrita
Ensino Superior
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Sumario:In this research, we analyzed the discursive interactions that emerge in the classroom during the design of a teaching sequence on the concepts of space and time, within the scope of the Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity (TSR). We also identified the engagment in epistemic practices by students and the teacher's role in this process. For this, we planned the sequence of activities developed with students in the first semester of an physics teacher education course. The activities were recorded in audio and video, divided into seven teaching episodes, then transcribed and analyzed using Argumentative Processes and Epistemic Practices and Movements. From the analysis, we identified the students' engagement in nine epistemic practices. This process involved a high degree of inference, so that the context was crucial to distinguish between practices. Another key element of the whole process was the teacher, as their actions throughout the episodes were modified according to the intended problem-situation or in order to meet the pedagogical objectives.