Use of structuring concepts for electrical circuits teaching in the Engineering Faculty at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

• Main Authors: Jorge Enrique Salamanca Céspedes, Adriana Patricia Gallego Torres
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas 2017-06-01
• Series: Redes de Ingeniería
• Subjects: concepto estructurante; energía; historia de la ciencia; proceso argumentativo; unidad didáctica
• Online Access: http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/REDES/article/view/12699

The didactic proposal that is presented, uses the approach through the use of structuring concepts, that of energy, for the teaching of electric circuits and its relation with the concepts of charge, electric current and potential difference. It is the beginning of a more advanced study topic in renewable energy education, with a focus on wind. It is noteworthy that this proposal is the result of a theoretical background analysis that refers to aspects such as: argumentative didactic model, history of sciences, STS relations, epistemology of the sciences and constructivist pedagogical model. There is also a proposal for a didactic unit, which is made up of a series of activities, which include a segment regarding the students previous ideas, a reading of a historical fact of science, a couple of laboratory  and an evaluation proposal.