Topics:
- The role of history and philosophy in teaching
physics;
- Educational reconstruction of advanced current topics in
physics (thermodynamics, relativity, quantum physics);
- Appropriation and conceptual change;
- Teacher education;
- Qualitative methods of data analysis;
- Analysis of complex learning environments;
- Instruction design about environmental issues (climate
change);
- Communication of modern physics (relativity and quantum
physics);
- Scientific citizenship and future-oriented science education.
In order to address these issues, research is devoted to
designing and trying out innovative teaching materials and to
testing educational activities in classes of various school levels
and in the context of teacher education.
The current research topics cover a variety of issues:
a) analysis of the foundations of contemporary Physics (relativity,
thermodynamics, quantum physics) and their reconstruction from an
educational perspective;
b) analysis of the contribution of physics teaching in promoting
critical thinking concerning environmental issues (e.g. Climate
Change);
c) modelling of learning as a process of conceptual change and
appropriation at the individual level;
d) development of models for teacher education.
In order to address these issues, research is devoted to
designing and trying out innovative teaching materials and to
testing educational activities in classes of various school levels
and in the context of teacher education.
Research is carried out within national and international
collaborations, as well as in collaboration with secondary school
teachers, doctoral students and research fellows.
