32950 - Physics Education Laboratory (part 1)

Learning outcomes

Aim of the course is to provide the necessary competences for designing, carrying out and discussing physics lab activities and for designing educational paths in physics at secondary school level.

Course contents

Design and implementation of lab activities for physics learning, discussion of experimental results, comments on the relevance of the activities from a conceptual and educational point of view.
Lab activities are carried out both with traditional instruments and new technologies in order to compare their educational potential.
Discussion of the role of lab activities in physics education, particularly in designing teaching paths in physics, is based on the analysis of the experiments carried out.

Readings/Bibliography

P.S.S.C. (a cura del)
Fisica
Zanichelli, Bologna

P.S.S.C. (a cura del)
Guida al laboratorio
Zanichelli, Bologna

P.S.S.C. (a cura del)
Guida per l'insegnante
Zanichelli, Bologna

A.Arons
Guida all'insegnamento della fisica
Zanichelli, Bologna

Teaching methods

Lab experiments are set up, carried out and discussed both from the experimental and the educational points of view. Teaching paths are designed and discussed.

Assessment methods

The oral examination will consist of a discussion of a tecahing proposal based on one ore more experiments among those performed during the course.

Teaching tools

Sessions are held in the physics education laboratory. Besides experimental apparatuses, also overhead projector, videoprojector, PC and graphic calculators interfaced to data acquisition systems are used.

Links to further information

https://campus.cib.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Pecori