A lot of difficulties aroused in interpreting quantum physics from its very beginnings up today are still at the core of most educational presentations. In fact, usually people try to grasp theoretical concepts by referring to a blend of ideas taken from scientific, pre-scientific and common sense schemes. In this paper a pre-condition for every educational approach will be proposed: to rigorously keep to quantum mathematical formalism in order to understand the meaning and the “reality” of quantum physics. It will be argued that the addition to quantum theories of most extraneous concept or common sense scheme comes from an ambiguous idea of nature, scope and aims of science itself.

Theories as crucial aspects in quantum physics education / M. Giliberti (SPRINGER PROCEEDINGS IN PHYSICS). - In: Frontiers of fundamental physics and physics education reasearch / [a cura di] B. Sidharth, M. Michelini, L. Santi. - [s.l] : Springer, 2014. - ISBN 9783319002965. - pp. 497-503 (( Intervento presentato al 12. convegno International symposium Frontiers of fundamental physics tenutosi a Udine nel 2011 [10.1007/978-3-319-00297-2_51].

Theories as crucial aspects in quantum physics education

M. Giliberti
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2014

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A lot of difficulties aroused in interpreting quantum physics from its very beginnings up today are still at the core of most educational presentations. In fact, usually people try to grasp theoretical concepts by referring to a blend of ideas taken from scientific, pre-scientific and common sense schemes. In this paper a pre-condition for every educational approach will be proposed: to rigorously keep to quantum mathematical formalism in order to understand the meaning and the “reality” of quantum physics. It will be argued that the addition to quantum theories of most extraneous concept or common sense scheme comes from an ambiguous idea of nature, scope and aims of science itself.
Settore FIS/08 - Didattica e Storia della Fisica
2014
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