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(2014) International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching, Dordrecht, Springer.
Generative modelling in physics and in physics education
from aspects of research practices to suggestions for education
Ismo T. Koponen, Suvi Tala
pp. 1143-1169
The extensive use of modelling in physics research has many implications on how it is used in physics education. An interesting case is the use of models in producing of new knowledge, which we here refer to as generative modelling. Generative modelling can serve as a cognitive tool bridging conceptual reality and real phenomena by mutually fitting of simulations and experiments. In this fitting process of fitting, pursuing partial mimetic similarity in simulations and experiments acquires a central epistemological role. At the core of generative modelling is the creative use of theoretical and empirical elements of modelling as well as the explorative manipulation of real conditions to fit the models. We argue here that such modelling is also identifiable as authentic by the modelling practitioners themselves and that such a modelling approach supports constructively oriented and creative teaching solutions.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7654-8_35
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Koponen, I. T. , Tala, S. (2014)., Generative modelling in physics and in physics education: from aspects of research practices to suggestions for education, in M. R. Matthews (ed.), International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1143-1169.
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