The use of history to improve the teaching of physics. Scientific ideas in antiquity and the Middle Ages

Authors

  • Vicente Menéndez Instituto Superior de Formación Docente 117

Keywords:

Use of History, Aristotelian physics, Medieval physics

Abstract

The world that the student observes with his senses is different from the one that is taught: the Earth is still, bodies when thrown stop, a pendulum does not swing eternally, etc. It is then that we realize, as Kuhn mentions at the time, the students are "naturally" Aristotelian. That is why I think it is useful for the professor of physics to begin by showing, at least, a part of the physical ideas that were developed during antiquity and the Middle Ages, and use that historical fact, from here, to accompany the student to understand the birth of the new physics, as the passage from adolescent intuition to adult rationalism. This is the fundamental purpose of this work.

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Published

2023-12-01

How to Cite

The use of history to improve the teaching of physics. Scientific ideas in antiquity and the Middle Ages. (2023). Journal of Physics Teaching, 35, 219-222. https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaEF/article/view/43313