A literature review on applied physics in medicine in the context of teaching

Authors

  • Mara Fernanda Parisoto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500- Agronomia, RS- Brasil, CEP 91509-900
  • Lisiane Araujo Pinheiro Universidade Feevale/Escola de Educação Básica Feevale – Escola de Aplicação Av. Dr. Maurício Cardoso, 510 – Hamburgo Velho CEP 93510-250 – Novo Hamburgo, RS – Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22600/1518-8795.ienci2016v20n1p60

Keywords:

physics teaching, review of literature, physics applied to medicine.

Abstract

This paper derives from an extensive review of literature on physics applied to medicine in 41 journals CAPES Qualis A1, A2, and B1, 15 were Brazilian and 26 international ones, between the years 2000 to 2012. Such review showed that this research area is underexplored since only 51 papers approached this subject, 24 in Brazilian journals and 27 in international ones. None of them used an epistemological framework and only one was based on a learning theory. Most of these articles (29) were written by professionals that were not related to the education area, which might explain the observed lack of theoretical and epistemological frameworks. Physics applied to medicine offers a large potential for the teaching of physics since health situations might be used to help students add more meanings to physical concepts. Thus, additional studies based on learning theories and epistemological views of science are needed and their focus should be on applied research so as to involve the production of potentially meaningful materials to help students achieve meaningful learning in physics.

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Published

2016-06-03

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2015): March of 2015

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Artigos

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How to Cite

Parisoto, M. F., & Pinheiro, L. A. (2016). A literature review on applied physics in medicine in the context of teaching. Investigations in Science Education, 20(1), 60-78. https://doi.org/10.22600/1518-8795.ienci2016v20n1p60