Conceptual and Epistemological discussions on Quantum Mechanics in a Virtual Laboratory

@misc{citeulike:516568, abstract = {We argue here for a more conceptual or qualitative approach in the introductory teaching of Quantum Physics which is built on the basis of epistemological and ontological discussions and as such is a valuable tool mainly in the initial and continued formation of school teachers. We illustrate our point with the analysis of undulatory and corpuscular phenomena of a single photon in a virtual Mach-Zehnder Interferometer - an experimental setup similar to double slits device but simpler - using key ideas of the most known interpretations of quantum formalism, including the many worlds interpretation.}, author = {Ostermann, F. and Prado, S. D. }, citeulike-article-id = {516568}, eprint = {physics/0507064}, keywords = {interpretation, quantum, teaching}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2006-05-30 10:45:07}, priority = {3}, title = {Conceptual and Epistemological discussions on Quantum Mechanics in a Virtual Laboratory}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507064}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:516568 L3 - citeulike-article-id:516568 TI - Conceptual and Epistemological discussions on Quantum Mechanics in a Virtual Laboratory N2 - We argue here for a more conceptual or qualitative approach in the introductory teaching of Quantum Physics which is built on the basis of epistemological and ontological discussions and as such is a valuable tool mainly in the initial and continued formation of school teachers. We illustrate our point with the analysis of undulatory and corpuscular phenomena of a single photon in a virtual Mach-Zehnder Interferometer - an experimental setup similar to double slits device but simpler - using key ideas of the most known interpretations of quantum formalism, including the many worlds interpretation. KW - interpretation KW - quantum KW - teaching AU - Ostermann, F AU - Prado, SD PY - 2005/Jul/08/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507064 ER -