Reflexiones de estudiantes de profesorado de Física y Química sobre Naturaleza de la Tecnología en el contexto de la controversia Tesla-Edison

An informed understanding of the Nature of Technology should be part of the basic scientific literacy of citizenship. This suggests that, beyond the own educational goals of the curricular area of Technology, science education would also have to set goals aimed at knowing the more characteristic fea...

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Autor: García Carmona, Antonio
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/136727
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/136727
https://doi.org/10.35362/rie8714269
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Alfabetización científica
Formación inicial del profesorado
Historia de la tecnología
Naturaleza de la tecnología
Alfabetização científica
Formação inicial de professores
História da tecnologia
Natureza da tecnologia
History of Technology
Nature of Technology
Scientific literacy
Initial teacher education
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Resumo:An informed understanding of the Nature of Technology should be part of the basic scientific literacy of citizenship. This suggests that, beyond the own educational goals of the curricular area of Technology, science education would also have to set goals aimed at knowing the more characteristic features of Technology as a system, including its relationships with science. Consequently, an edu-cational experience was conducted in order to promote the understanding of basic notions on Nature of Technology in initial science teacher education. To this end, an activity was designed consisting of reading the historical controversy between Tesla and Edison about electric current, and reflecting on some Nature of Technology questions, which are visible in this. A natural class-group of 16 Physics and Chemistry teacher students of Secondary Education participated in the study. The results reveal the students experimented a moderate progression in their understandings on the aspects of Nature of Technology addressed. Even so, the study constitutes an important novelty in this line of research. The limitations and implications of the study are commented finally