Academic culture as conditioner of the thinking and acting of universitary physics professors

Authors

  • Beatriz Milicic U. N. Patagonia Austral, U. Académica Río Gallegos
  • Vicente Sanjosé U. València, Depto Didáctica de las Cs Experimentales
  • Graciela Utges U. N. Rosario, Grupo TIDCyT
  • Bernardino Salinas U. València, Depto. Didáctica y Organización Escolar

Keywords:

Academic Culture, Pedagogical Change, Physics, Teaching in the University.

Abstract

Norms, values and believes assumed by the university Physics professors, are characterized as the cause of pedagogical thinking and therefore, of the teached knowledge. Our data is consistent with the characteristics of the physicists' professional culture shown by Becher (2001). Second, we studied the influence of another academic context - Schools of Engineering - to generate changes in the pedagogical conceptions of the Physics professors, finding a very weak influence. We conclude that a great isolation from the original academic physics group as well as some degree of an aculturation process in the other academic culture (in the Center of destination) is needed in order to revise the thoughts and actions of these university professors.

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Published

2016-11-06

How to Cite

Milicic, B., Sanjosé, V., Utges, G., & Salinas, B. (2016). Academic culture as conditioner of the thinking and acting of universitary physics professors. Investigations in Science Education, 12(2), 236–284. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/474

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007): August of 2007

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