Curricular paths in the SUPERCOMET 2 experimentation in Italy
Federico Corni, Marisa Michelini, Lorenzo Gianni Santi, Alberto Stefanel, Rossana Viola · 2010
Supercomet 2 (SUPERCOnductivity Multimedia Educational Tool phase 2) is a Project within the Program Leonardo da Vinci phase II of the European Union, involving Universities and Secondary Schools of 15 European Countries. The objectives of this Project is the production of a multimedia tool for teaching superconductivity and to create an international community at European level, able to revitalize the teaching of physics in order to open new international collaborations. Several materials have been developed in this framework: interactive animations, text, videos, hands-on materials for demonstrating and measuring phenomena related to superconductivity, electromagnetism, with an accompanying teacher guide and a teacher seminar. These materials have been used both in teacher seminars and training and in the classroom experimentation in the partner schools. In Italy the University of Udine leaded and coordinated the experimentation that involved students from several schools from several Italian regions. The planning of the paths by the teachers involved in the project points out various curricular proposals concerning approaches, methods and contents. The analysis of these paths gives an exemplificative wealth of statements concerning two main ways to look at superconductivity: electric properties and magnetic properties. A report of the main results of the analysis of these paths will be presented.