Teaching relativity at the AstroCamp
Abstract
The AstroCamp is an academic excellence program in the field of astronomy and physics for students in the last 3 years of pre-university education, which often includes a course (or a significant part thereof) on Relativity. After an introduction to the principles, goals and structure of the camp, I describe the approach followed by camp lecturers (myself and others) for teaching Special and General Relativity, and some lessons learned and feedback from the students. I also provide some thoughts on the differences between the physics and mathematics secondary school curricula in Portugal and in other countries, and on how these curricula could be modernized.
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@article{arxiv.2109.13270,
title = {Teaching relativity at the AstroCamp},
author = {C. J. A. P. Martins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.13270},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Summary of a talk given at the Teaching Einsteinian Physics to School Students parallel session of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting. To appear in the proceedings