{"title":"Should we teach general relativity in high school? Why and how?","authors":"J. Horvath, Pedro Moraes","doi":"10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We discuss the proposal of teaching General Relativity and its spin-offs (black holes, gravitational waves, cosmology) as a part of the High-School curriculum, a task already undertaken by a few countries. We point out the importance of this proposal for the students and some possible reasons for the resistance of educators and scientists. A suggestion about how to circumvent the well-known mathematical and conceptual difficulties associated with this formidable task is made. It is not enough to stay at a qualitative level of explanation for High School students, although it would be desirable and positive at younger ages.","PeriodicalId":424141,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Education Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Astronomy Education Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.008","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We discuss the proposal of teaching General Relativity and its spin-offs (black holes, gravitational waves, cosmology) as a part of the High-School curriculum, a task already undertaken by a few countries. We point out the importance of this proposal for the students and some possible reasons for the resistance of educators and scientists. A suggestion about how to circumvent the well-known mathematical and conceptual difficulties associated with this formidable task is made. It is not enough to stay at a qualitative level of explanation for High School students, although it would be desirable and positive at younger ages.
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