Didactics and Epistemology of Physics I - Partim [SAGRM202]

Learning outcomes

At the end of their training in Physics Didactics and Epistemology, the students must be capable of designing and implementing physics teaching sequences suitable for the second level of secondary school. To achieve this, they should have the ability to:

Objectives

This course aims to assist students in:

1. Teaching physics in secondary education in accordance with school curricula.
2. Understanding the essential aspects and challenges inherent in these programs.
3. Creating learning sequences that include theory, exercises, and practical work.
4. Developing and evaluating physics learning methodologies.
5. Identifying the main difficulties students encounter while learning physics and providing appropriate didactic solutions.
6. Designing learning assessment tools suitable for various educational objectives.
7. Observing and analyzing the practices of physics and experimental science teachers in secondary schools.

Content

The course covers the following topics:

1. Epistemology and history of physics.
2. Analysis of physics programs for the second level of secondary education and the challenges related to the distribution of concepts over the last two years.
3. Analysis of difficult concepts to teach and presentation of appropriate didactic approaches.
4. Identification of students' spontaneous conceptions.
5. Experimental approach to teaching complex physics concepts.
6. Evaluation of learning outcomes in physics.