Reform in Science Teacher Education in Italy

Borghi, Lidia; Ambrosis, Anna De; Mascheretti, Paolo

doi:10.1007/0-306-47222-8_3

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“…The debate can promote useful exchange of ideas in the community of researchers and favour reflections on the impact that TLSs can also have in initial teacher preparation. In the following, we will focus attention on an example dealing with free fall motion, while the results obtained with the use of TLSs dealing with different subjects have been reported elsewhere [4,5].…”

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A teaching–learning sequence on free fall motion

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A teaching-learning sequence is presented that is designed to help high school pupils gain awareness about the independence of the vertical and horizontal components of free fall motion. The approach we propose is based on the use of experimental activities and computer simulations designed specifically to help pupils reflect on the experiments and extend their analysis to wider physical situations. Insights on Galileo's experiments are given, to frame pupils' work in a historical perspective.

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“…The construction of microscopic models to understand macroscopic properties of substances is an important component of the scientific curriculum in high school, which allows the description of different kinds of phenomena to be unified. A number of proposals suggest the use of microscopic models, in particular in the study of thermal phenomena to bridge mechanics and thermodynamics [1][2][3][4]. Generally, models of solids and gases are introduced at preuniversity level, while liquids are described as lacking the properties of the other two states: in liquids, particles are not completely free nor totally bound.…”

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Using the idea of correlation to understand liquid behaviour

Ambrosis¹,

Mascheretti²,

Tedesco³

2005

Phys. Educ.

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The use of probabilistic concepts is suggested as a way to explore the main differences in the behaviours of solids, liquids and gases with high school pupils. The idea of correlation is introduced with reference to macroscopic systems and then applied to describe the link between particles in solids, liquids and gases: analysis of the graphs of the radial distribution function allows pupils to construct a representation of how the three states of matter are differentiated by the nature of their order and to explain phenomenological observations. Results of a first trial of the proposal with pupils attending the final year of high school are presented.

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“…In the past few years researchers in physics education have shown a growing interest in studying teachers' ideas and attitudes and their influence on teaching activity (Tiberghien et al 1998). This research field now plays a crucial role in Italy where major changes in the initial teacher education are being implemented (Borghi et al 2000) and a consistent effort is devoted to improving in-service teacher preparation.…”

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In-service teacher education: an attempt to link reflection on physics subjects with teaching practice

Borghi

Ambrosis²,

Lunati³

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Phys. Educ.

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This article describes the designing and testing of a model of in-service physics teacher training. The model is based on the idea that it is important to help teachers to reconsider their disciplinary knowledge and to work with other teachers on the same subject to make it suitable for teaching. It was implemented with a small group of teachers who reflected on physics subjects with a view to developing a plan of work in their classroom. A continuous debate on the activity was carried out via electronic mail, discussing the students' reactions and the effectiveness of the teaching strategy employed. The method and tools used by the group in analysing the case of friction are reported, together with the results obtained in a first trial of the approach.

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Reform in Science Teacher Education in Italy

Cited by 3 publications

References 24 publications

A teaching–learning sequence on free fall motion

A teaching–learning sequence on free fall motion

Using the idea of correlation to understand liquid behaviour

In-service teacher education: an attempt to link reflection on physics subjects with teaching practice

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