Teaching and learning electricity
the relations between macroscopic level observations and microscopic level theories
pp. 129-156
in: Michael R. Matthews (ed), International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching, Berlin, Springer, 2014Abstract
Problems in teaching and learning electricity can be addressed with the help of science history and philosophy. The literature on physics education and on history of science reveals two wide-reaching issues central to teaching electricity: sequencing concepts and identifying appropriate models to explain the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of electricity at different educational levels.