In Memory of Laurence Viennot. What did we learn from her in Physics Education?

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Abstract

Laurence Viennot was a pioneering french researcher in physics education, who had a great influence in the reserach on teaching and learning physics in our country. Since the sad news of her passing away last summer, we wanted to make a short summary of her main contributions to the field of physics’ education. Specifically, we highlight three key ideas that she left us: (1) the contradiction between reasoning in physics and the spontaneous reasoning, (2) the criticism of ineffective teaching rituals, and (3) the role of physics’ understanding in teacher and students’ critical thinking

Keywords

reasoning, models, critical thinking, physics education

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Author Biography

Víctor López, Universitat Autònoma de barcelona (UAB)

Víctor López Simó, professor de secundària al INS Pau Vila (Sabadell) i professor associat del Departament de Didàctica de la Matemàtica i les Ciències Experimentals de la UAB.

Published

2023-01-31

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