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Coqueiro Rodrigues, Rojans; Cardozo Dias, Penha Maria – Physics Teacher, 2022
In high school, and also in introductory physics courses in higher levels of schooling, the law of universal gravitation of planets is introduced by postulating Johannes Kepler's three laws, and later Isaac Newton's law of the inverse of the square of the distance to the Sun. The justification of the laws is only achieved in advanced courses in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Astronomy, Motion, Physics
Lincoln, Don; Stuver, Amber – Physics Teacher, 2016
In a deep and dark corner of space, a cataclysm loomed. Two cosmic nemeses circled one another, locked in a macabre dance of death. Unfolding over millennia, the deadly waltz began leisurely enough. But with the dance came radiation and the energy loss that it implies. Orbit after orbit, the distance between the two protagonists shrank as their…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles
Toscano, Maurizio – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
How can we begin to imagine a post-modern rendering of science education when the disciples of science continue to cling so firmly to a creation myth in which Science, like Botticelli's Venus stepping forth from a clam shell, breaks away from the pre-modern metaphysical commitments of religion, magic and the superstition in a singular event called…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Science History, Astronomy
Galili, Igal – Science & Education, 2016
Physics textbooks often present items of disciplinary knowledge in a sequential order of topics of the theory under instruction. Such presentation is usually univocal, that is, isolated from alternative claims and contributions regarding the subject matter in the pertinent scientific discourse. We argue that comparing and contrasting the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses
Decamp, Nicolas; de Hosson, Cecile – Science & Education, 2012
This paper presents a critical analysis of the accepted educational use of the method performed by Eratosthenes to measure the circumference of Earth which is often considered as a relevant means of dealing with issues related to the nature of science and its history. This method relies on a number of assumptions among which the parallelism of sun…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Measurement, Astronomy
de Hosson, Cécile; Décamp, Nicolas – Science & Education, 2014
A great amount of research has been carried out world-wide to promote history of science as a powerful science teaching tool. Because the ways of choosing and using historical elements depend on teachers' or researchers' educational purpose, any attempt to support a single model-to-use seems difficult and probably irrelevant. However,…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science History, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods

Finocchiaro, Maurice A. – Science and Education, 1999
Distinguishes between Galileo's original 20-year trial and the subsequent 350-year controversy and the historical aftermath of the original episode from the reflective commentary on it. Provides an in-depth characterization and sketch of the historical aftermath and reflective commentary. Contains 90 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Philosophy, Physics, Religion
Wilson, Roosevelt L. – 1979
The changes which occurred in man's view of the solar system from the time of Ptolemy to that of Galileo are presented. Contained is a brief review of the chain of events which resulted in the acceptance of a heliocentric system. Ptolomy's theory is described and a diagram illustrates the paths of the epicycle of Mars according to his geocentric…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Earth Science, Models, Observational Learning

Lombardi, Olimpia – Science and Education, 1999
In science teaching, Aristotelian physics is often presented in a fragmentary and oversimplified way which distorts the true meaning of Aristotelian concepts. Discusses some mistakes that originate from a partial reading of Aristotle's work. Contains 32 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts