Book ID: CBB001213209

Reconstruction of Wave-Particle Duality and Its Implications for General Chemistry Textbooks (2012)

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Niaz, Mansoor (Author)
Marcano, Cecilia (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: viii + 46 pp.
Language: English

It goes without saying that atomic structure, including its dual wave-particle nature, cannot be demonstrated in the classroom. Thus, for most science teachers, especially those in physics and chemistry, the textbook is their key resource and their students' core source of information. Science education historiography recognizes the role played by the history and philosophy of science in developing the content of our textbooks, and with this in mind, the authors analyze more than 120 general chemistry textbooks published in the USA, based on criteria derived from a historical reconstruction of wave-particle duality. They come to some revealing conclusions, including the fact that very few textbooks discussed issues such as the suggestion, by both Einstein and de Broglie, and before conclusive experimental evidence was available, that wave-particle duality existed. Other large-scale omissions included de Broglie's prescription for observing this duality, and the importance of the Davisson-Germer experiments, as well as the struggle to interpret the experimental data they were collecting. Also untouched was the background to the role played by Schrödinger in developing de Broglie's ideas. The authors argue that rectifying these deficiencies will arouse students' curiosity by giving them the opportunity to engage creatively with the content of science curricula. They also assert that it isn't just the experimental data in science that matters, but the theoretical insights and unwonted inspirations, too. In addition, the controversies and discrepancies in the theoretical and experimental record are key drivers in understanding the development of science as we know it today.

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Authors & Contributors
Patricia J. Smith
Cláudia Faria
Gaspar, Raquel
Flis, Ivan
Elsa Guilherme
Boaventura, Diana
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Textbooks
Teaching history of science
Teaching; pedagogy
Physics
Chemistry
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
Enlightenment
20th century
Places
United States
Istanbul (Turkey)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Turkey
Portugal
Germany
Institutions
Mekteb-i Harbiye (War school) (Istanbul, Turkey)
École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
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