The Science Thought Experiment: How Might it be Used Profitably in the Classroom? |
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| Authors: | Stephen Klassen |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA, R3B 2E9 |
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| Abstract: | It is well established that thought experiments are both scientifically and philosophically significant, and even that they
are pedagogically significant. However, the basis and methodology for their pedagogical use is not as well established. Pedagogical
thought experiments are defined as mental simulations with special features to isolate certain conceptual elements. It is
argued that thought experiments are made pedagogically effective through the process of re-enactment of the thought-experimental
process. The process of re-enactment is best captured by rewriting thought experiments as stories. Several examples of thought
experiments are analysed for their narrative content and an example is given of a pedagogical thought experiment re-written
as a story. Recommendations are made as to how such thought experimental stories can be used effectively. |
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| Keywords: | Thought experiments science thought problems pedagogical re-enactment simulation Mach narrative story |
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