Estudio de un diseño didáctico en un curso destinado a la formación de profesores de física básica

We study a proposal made by Duschl in regard to the use of Laudan’s triadic network concerning the relationship between the theory, method and objectives of Science, as well as Shapere’s observation model, for didactic purposes. We analyse the possible adaptation of the above theoretical models to fulfill the requirements of the Argentinian formal education. Both epistemological systems, adequate for facilitating the conceptual changes in the classroom, were taken as referents for the design of teaching approaches of thermal phenomena in Physics.We describe the way in which we deal with certain specific subjects in one particular course, addressed to Physics teachers, in which the above design was used. The results obtained are analyzed and dicussed and certain still-standing issues are mentioned.