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Building a conceptual profile for the conception of reference frame in physics and the epistemological obstacles to the learning of Special Theory of Relativity

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dc.creator Álvaro Leonardi Ayala Filho
dc.date 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:12:46Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:12:46Z
dc.identifier 1518-8795
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/d94e069bd54348bb92a65842f8f455db
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15502
dc.description In this work, we use de notion of Conceptual Profile as a theoretical tool to investigate the learning of the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) and the epistemological obstacles to its understanding. In particular, we set the Conceptual Profile of the notion of reference frame, taking into account the fact that this notion can be ontologically and epistemologically differentiated when is described from de point of view of the Common Sense, from the point of view of the Newtonian Physics and from de point of view of the STR. Tanking into account the literature results and our own findings, we claim that the detected epistemological obstacles to the STR understanding can be connect to each of these three regions, specially when the ontological and metaphysical aspects of each region are taken into account. We claim also that the epistemological obstacles have two sources. The first one emerges from the attempt to link STR concepts to subsumer belonging to a Conceptual Profile region that not corresponds to this theory. The second origin is the attempt to use of “spontaneous ways of thinking” in order to make this kind of link. We conclude that the successful learning of the STR should be related to the corresponding successful development of the relativistic region of the reference frame conceptual profile and the limited development of this region is the must important epistemological obstacle to the understanding the STR.
dc.language Portuguese
dc.language Spanish
dc.publisher Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.relation http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID232/v15_n1_a2010.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1518-8795
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Investigações em Ensino de Ciências, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 155-179 (2010)
dc.subject Conceptual profile
dc.subject epistemológical obstacle
dc.subject learning Special Theory of Relativity
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Science (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Science General
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Science (General)
dc.subject Q1-390
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.title Building a conceptual profile for the conception of reference frame in physics and the epistemological obstacles to the learning of Special Theory of Relativity
dc.type article


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