Historical Perspective on School Experiments in Teaching Physics and Chemistry
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
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| Web | http://www.hsci.info/hsci2016/ |
| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | school experiments; science education; physics; chemistry; history; 19th century |
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| Description | In the paper we investigate the beginnings of school subjects of Physics and Chemistry and their didactics in the Czech lands. They appeared in the curricula of public schools during the 19th century. Teaching content and methods used at those times are still present in the current education. Great number of simple school experiments developed earlier is still being used at modern schools as they adequately and clearly demonstrate laws of nature. Then we present several interesting school experiments selected from original old textbooks and methodology books. At the end the influence of Ernst Mach on the world development of experimental and theoretical physics, philosophy and science education is commemorated. |