Ten practices and a philosophy in physics teaching

Abstract

This work presents a «philosophy» of teaching physics through the carrying out of ten laboratory demostrations during the last course at high school or the first years faculty level.
That philosophy consists in the simultaneous development of experimental and theoretical teaching in the same lecture hall, using for that simple experimental demonstrations.
The data garhered by severa! groups of students also allows an introduction to the statistical handling of measurements.
The selection of the experiments is not unique and can be ajusted by the teacher according with the apparatus available in a particular Center, although those here presented are a wide and reasonable selection.
Finally, the inclusion of introductory biographic notes provides a connection with the historic and human aspects of the development of science.