Classroom culture in a course on History and Epistemology of Physics for prospective physics teachers

This paper attempts to describe the construction process of a contextualized descriptive comprehension of the classroom culture of a subject on History and Epistemology of Physics pertaining to the curriculum of a teacher preparation course in a federal public university. In order to do that, partic...

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Main Authors: Neusa Teresinha Massoni, Marco Antonio Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2007-03-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID160/v12_n1_a2007.pdf
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Summary:This paper attempts to describe the construction process of a contextualized descriptive comprehension of the classroom culture of a subject on History and Epistemology of Physics pertaining to the curriculum of a teacher preparation course in a federal public university. In order to do that, participative observation of daily classroom activities was carried out during a one year period of time. The narrative of this process is extensive full of details that suggest some charges in students’ conceptions of science and, at the same time, how deeply rosted are some other ones.
ISSN:1518-8795