Pensamento transdisciplinar : uma abordagem para compreensão do princípio da dualidade da luz

Abstract

The objective of this work was to investigate if transdisciplinarity can contribute to the understanding of the wave-particle duality principle. The investigation was conducted with students from the Physics teaching course at UFRPE. The methodology used was Kelly’s Experience Cycle, in which the objective was to involve the students in a learning process through three experiments: the wave tank; the Young experiment and Crookes’ radiometer. These three experiments motivated a discussion about wave-particle duality. A transdisciplinary didactic workshop was conducted aiming to promote a discussion about third included logic, an adequate logic to be applied to wave-particle duality. The data analysis allowed the following conclusions: (i) the students from the Physics teaching course at UFRPE had a previous concept about the wave-particle duality principle, but without a logic subjacent to this principle; (ii) the three experiments and the transdisciplinary workshop conducted during Kelly’s Experience Cycle contributed for a better comprehension about the wave-particle duality principle.