Using storytelling to foster the teaching and learning of gravitational waves physics at high-school
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| author | Tuveri, Matteo Steri, Arianna Fadda, Daniela |
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| contents | Studies in Physics Education Research show that interdisciplinary approaches in education foster students' motivation, creativity, curiosity, and interest in physics. We discuss their features and potential role in bringing contemporary physics topics to high school, and how to use them to integrate formal educational programs. We make an explicit example of the use of storytelling and theatrical techniques to introduce secondary school students to black holes and gravitational waves topics. The activity has been designed by the Educational Division of the Physics Department at the University of Cagliari. Participants were 200 high-school students (17 to 19 years old) from five schools (scientific, humanities) in Sardinia. A measure of the efficacy in the use of artistic tools to communicate and teach the proposed subjects has been done utilizing a research questionnaire. We collected 76 answers. Results show that our methodology is useful to introduce students to contemporary physics themes, fostering their interest and learning of such contents. Students from humanities significantly appreciated more the use of poetry and artistic tools than their scientific peers. Finally, we discuss the potentiality of our approach in orientating students towards a STEAM (STEM and Arts) career. |
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| spellingShingle | Using storytelling to foster the teaching and learning of gravitational waves physics at high-school Tuveri, Matteo Steri, Arianna Fadda, Daniela Physics Education Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Physics and Society Studies in Physics Education Research show that interdisciplinary approaches in education foster students' motivation, creativity, curiosity, and interest in physics. We discuss their features and potential role in bringing contemporary physics topics to high school, and how to use them to integrate formal educational programs. We make an explicit example of the use of storytelling and theatrical techniques to introduce secondary school students to black holes and gravitational waves topics. The activity has been designed by the Educational Division of the Physics Department at the University of Cagliari. Participants were 200 high-school students (17 to 19 years old) from five schools (scientific, humanities) in Sardinia. A measure of the efficacy in the use of artistic tools to communicate and teach the proposed subjects has been done utilizing a research questionnaire. We collected 76 answers. Results show that our methodology is useful to introduce students to contemporary physics themes, fostering their interest and learning of such contents. Students from humanities significantly appreciated more the use of poetry and artistic tools than their scientific peers. Finally, we discuss the potentiality of our approach in orientating students towards a STEAM (STEM and Arts) career. |
| title | Using storytelling to foster the teaching and learning of gravitational waves physics at high-school |
| topic | Physics Education Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Physics and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09035 |