Open AccessAnálisis de contenidos en óptica geométrica
Author(s) -
Francisco Javier Perales Palacios
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.5165
Subject(s) - content analysis , computer science , key (lock) , physics , sociology , social science , computer security
This work reports on the findings of a content analysis in geometric optics. Such analysis has been carried out through two dimensions of the scientific content structure, the substantive and curricular ones. For that purpose, a consensual criterium out of nineteen textbooks of physics including the topic mentioned has been adopted. The first type of analysis leds to identify the «key» concepts and their relations in a hierarchized conceptual map. On the other hand, the curricular analysis resulted in a proposal of sequentiation for the implied contents. At the end, didactic consequences of the procedure described are discussed.