Newton's Law - A Theory of motion or force?

Ehud Goren, Igal Galili

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Abstract

Regular disciplinary instruction of introductory physics at high school often misses a holistic perspective of the subject matter, its structure and hierarchy. We have considered the domain of mechanics and provided such a perspective in a summative lecture by framing mechanics contents in discipline-culture framework. In the experimental teaching, we focused on Newton's laws of motion as the nucleus of classical mechanics. Considering mechanics as a culture, that is, addressing the debate with periphery conceptions, caused students to appreciate the fact that mechanics is about theory of motion, while forces present only a certain conception to account for it.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012061
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1287
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2019
EventGIREP-MPTL 2018 Conference - San Sebastian, Spain
Duration: 9 Jul 201813 Jul 2018

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