NDLI: Pendula, Models, Constructivism and Reality

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Author	la, Robert
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	It is argued that Galileo made an important breakthroughin the methodology of science by considering idealizedmodels of phenomena such as free fall, swinging pendulaand the like, which can conflict with experience. Theidealized models are constructs largely by our reasoningprocesses applied to the theoretical situation at hand. Onthis view, scientific knowledge is not a construction out ofexperience, as many constructivists claim about both themethods of science and about the learning of science. Infact Galileo's models can, depending on their degree ofidealization or concretization, be at variance with experience.This paper considers what is meant by idealization andconcretization of both the objects and properties that makeup theoretical models, and the ideal laws that govern them.It also provides brief illustrations of ideal laws and how theymay be made more concrete, and briefly considers howtheories and models might be tested against what we observe.Finally some difficulties are raised for a radical constructivistapproach to both science and learning in the light of Galileo'smethodological approach. The upshot is that both the dialoguestructure of Galileo's writings and his method of model buildingprovide a rich resource for science education that rivals that of thestandard varieties of constructivism, and at the same time gives amuch better picture of the actual procedures of science itself.
Starting Page	349
Ending Page	377
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09267220
Journal	Science & Education
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	4-5
e-ISSN	15731901
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Philosophy of Science Mathematics Education History Interdisciplinary Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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