Open AccessDidactical situations to treat Lorentz and Galileo transformations in theoretical physics
Author(s) -
S. A. De Souza Farias,
Damião Pedro Meira Filho,
Jorge Kysnney Santos Kamassury
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista mexicana de física e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2683-2216
pISSN - 1870-3542
DOI - 10.31349/revmexfise.19.010204
Subject(s) - galileo (satellite navigation) , context (archaeology) , set (abstract data type) , electromagnetism , relevance (law) , lorentz transformation , theoretical physics , mathematical practice , epistemology , physics , calculus (dental) , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , medicine , paleontology , geodesy , dentistry , political science , law , biology , programming language , geography
Notions of Electromagnetism and Special Theory of Relativity (STR) require important mathematical knowledge applied to theoretical physics. Recognizing pedagogical difficulties in the teaching of theoretical physics, the Theory of Didactical Situations (TDS), which consists of a set of practices that aim to contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching. In this context, the present work is motivated to present a set of practices based on TDS with a focus on teaching Electromagnetism and STR, where problems that require an understanding of the transformations of Galileo and Lorentz. Specifically, the didactic situation is constructed by means of four problem proposals, while in the adidatic situation, the student is invited to understand the roles of these transformations in the study of these problems. Ultimately, the relevance of the educator in the institutionalization situation is reinforced, a moment when it must be clarified how all mathematical relations are strongly related to physical principles.