2021/09/27 by C. J. A. P. Martins, Martins, C. J. A. P. · 1 citation
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.13270
Summary of a talk given at the Teaching Einsteinian Physics to School Students parallel session of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting. To appear in the proceedings
arxiv created 2021/09/27 · arxiv updated 2021/09/29
The AstroCamp is an academic excellence program in the field of astronomy and physics for students in the last 3 years of pre-university education, which often includes a course (or a significant part thereof) on Relativity. After an introduction to the principles, goals and structure of the camp, I describe the approach followed by camp lecturers (myself and others) for teaching Special and General Relativity, and some lessons learned and feedback from the students. I also provide some thoughts on the differences between the physics and mathematics secondary school curricula in Portugal and in other countries, and on how these curricula could be modernized.