Esperienze di didattica della Fisica in diversi livelli del sistema educativo
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15160/2038-1034/1594Keywords:
out-of-school learning, cooperative learning, learning-by-doing, learning-by-teaching, museum educationAbstract
The growing interest of people in science events, the projects supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research to foster STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) teaching in different levels of the education system and the introduction of modern Physics into some Italian High Schools, has contributed in many cases to strengthen the bond between schools, universities and research centers. This bond has been carried out in specific activities which required innovative and effective communication and education methodologies. This paper presents the activities devoted to the dissemination and teaching of Physics organized in the last three years, starting from the academic year 2015/2016, by the University of Ferrara and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics. Some study cases differentiated by contents, recipients and teaching strategies will be analyzed. Particular attention will be given to the activities dedicated to the teaching of modern and contemporary Physics that involved High School students (http://www.fe.infn.it/orientamento _fisica/courses/laboratori-di-fisi ca-moderna/), the science hands-on laboratories performed with pupils attending the Primary Schools and a museum-based education experience included in a History of Physics exhibition devoted to art and science (www.fe.infn.it/fisicaemetafisica). The former is a case of out-of-school learning in which High School students work together with researchers to conduct a modern Physics experiment, and once back in school they make a report for their peers about what they have done and learnt in the laboratory. In the latter case, the Primary School pupils carry out guided experiments to become familiar with the scientific method investigating phenomena of Physics in everyday life. In the last case, some modern discoveries of Physics are introduced by the relation between artworks and scientific instruments connected to the History of Ferrara.
