Academic Year 2017/2018
- Docente: Barbara Pecori
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/08
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Barbara Pecori (Modulo 1) Giulia Tasquier (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 8025)
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 sequences for teaching physics at secondary school
level.
Course contents
The course is given in the second semester from March to May.
The course is divided into two modules.
In the first module lectures will concern:
- the role of lab activities in teaching physics
- traditional vs. on-line physics laboratory
- design of learning paths including lab experiments
and lab activities will concern:
- design and implementation of lab experiments
- discussion of experimental data
- reflection on the role and meaning of the experiments from an
educational point of view
In the second module of the course some specific topics will be addressed both from the theoretical and the experimental point of view, focussing on the process of model building in Physics.
Readings/Bibliography
No textbooks are required. Al teaching materials will be available
at http:// campus.unibo.it
Teaching methods
The course is made of 6CFU, 4CFU of lectures and 2CFU of lab
sessions.
Lectures will concern the topics of the curriculum referring to
national and international research on physics education.
In lab sessions experiments will be set up, carried out and
discussed both from the experimental and the educational points of
view. Teaching sequences will be designed and discussed.
In the final part of the course students working in small groups will
design, perform and present to the other students one experiment among those
suggested by the teacher.
Experiments will be carried out both with traditional instruments
and on-line acquisition systems.
In all activities large space is devoted to discussion among peers
and with the teacher.
Assessment methods
Attendance to no less than 2/3 of the experimental sessions is required.
Assessment will be carried out both during the course and in the final individual oral examination, where the student will be required to discuss teaching proposals developed during the course by working in groups.
In the discussion of the proposal the student's ability to point
out and defend his/her choices about the following issues will be
assessed:
- teaching strategies to be implemented
- conceptual path of the proposal
- objectives of the learning sequence
- role played by the lab experiments
- assessment and evalution tools
Teaching tools
Teaching materials introduced during the course will be available from http://campus.unibo.it/ . The site is accessible with Unibo student's username and password.
Laboratory apparatuses and software necessary for performing experiments and elaborate experimental data are provided.
Video and audio recorders are used to present multimedia materials (e.g.: educational applets, movies, recorded materials from implementation of teaching sequences in secondary schools, etc.).
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Barbara Pecori
See the website of Giulia Tasquier