Open AccessEl concepto de geosinclinal tras la revolución movilista: otro desajuste entre la ciencia actual y la ciencia en el aula
Author(s) -
Francisco Anguita
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4959
Subject(s) - confusion , geosyncline , humanities , philosophy , geology , psychology , tectonics , psychoanalysis , paleontology
A revision of Geology and Physical Science textbooks widely used at high-school level shows that the geosyncline idea (in itself or as a part of plate tectonics theory) is frequently presented as a tenable hypothesis on mountain origins. As this is not a scientifically acceptable position any more, a great deal of confusion is probably being created among both students and teachers without very solid geologic foundations.