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Teplo nebo energie? Poznámky k slovnímu vyjadřování v termodynamice

Title in English Heat or energy? Remarks on verbal expression in thermodynamics
Authors

MILÉŘ Tomáš

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Moderní trendy v přípravě učitelů fyziky 9.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web https://kof.zcu.cz/ak/trendy/9/sbor/ModerniTrendy9_sbornik.pdf
Keywords physics education; thermodynamics; energie; teplo
Description Thermodynamics is a difficult part of physics and is not very popular with pupils and students. Research conducted at schools in the Czech Republic and in the world repeatedly identifies misconceptions, such as confusion of state and process variables and the concept of energy or heat as a substance. However, the causes of the difficulty of studying thermodynamics remain unclear. We believe that the natural language by which the thermodynamic phenomena are interpreted is largely to blame. Language is a tool of communication, but it is also a tool of thinking. Language of thermodynamics is not logically consistent and can be an obstacle to understanding physics. Language in which modern textbooks are written provides various opportunities for students to get trapped.

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