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AUTHOR
Joaquín Martínez-torregrosa
Turning exercises into problems: An experimental study with teachers in training
The traditional concept of ‘problem’, as frequently exemplified by the paper‐and‐pencil exercises provided in physics textbooks, is examined and criticized for its lack of a truly scientific approach. The presentation of problems in this way, it is suggested, lies at the root of pupils’ and even teachers’ failure to solve simple exercises successfully. It is proposed that by a process of ‘reflective deconditioning’ it is possible to break down the preconceptions of physics teachers in training and help them to recast familiar situations in such a way that true problem solving is possible. A seminar designed to bring about this sort of change is described. Responses to a series of pre‐ and p…
El fracaso en la resolución de problemas de Física : una investigación orientada por nuevos supuestos
Resumen basado en el de la publicación Resumen en inglés Se muestra un intento de cuestionar la forma habitual de enseñar la resolución de problemas y elaborar estrategias más efectivas teóricamente basadas en las propuestas. Se incluyen algunos resultados de las aplicaciones de nuevas orientaciones. ESP
Teaching of energy issues: A debate proposal for a global reorientatiom
The growing awareness of serious difficulties in the learning of energy issues has produced a great deal of research, most of which is focused on specific conceptual aspects. In our opinion, the difficulties pointed out in the literature are interrelated and connected to other aspects (conceptual as well as procedural and axiological), which are not sufficiently taken into account in previous research. This paper aims to carry out a global analysis in order to avoid the more limited approaches that deal only with individual aspects. From this global analysis we have outlined 24 propositions that are put forward for debate to lay the foundations for a profound reorientation of the teaching o…