Einstein worked eight years (from 1907 to 1915) to obtain an extension of special relativity to accelerated frames and to develop a relativistic theory of gravitation. Although the field equations of the theory of general relativity appeared at the end as a full realization of the heuristic assumptions he had formulated at an early stage of his investigations, […]
A short history of the changes brought in secondary education in Italy by increased school autonomy, with special attention to their consequences on the teachers’ role when teaching physics. […]
First a short outline is presented describing the use of microcomputers in education before 1982. Then we discuss some of the most important initiatives taken by the Dutch government to stimulate the innovation of computers in education in general. Next we concentrate more explicitly on the role of microcomputer in secondary physics education. […]