A refutational text about the understanding of the concept of black hole in Secondary education

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Published: Sep 26, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.5444
Nikolaos Vlachostergios
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Anastasios Zoupidis
Democritus University of Thrace
Dimitrios Pnevmatikos
University of Western Macedonia
Abstract

The aim of this work was the development of a refutational text which could be included in the teaching of the concept of black holes in secondary level education. For this purpose, we proceeded to a literature review a) about the historical evolution and b) the alternative ideas that can be linked to this concept. The literature review was conducted with the aid of the research machines “Google Scholar” and “Scopus” and showed that the research on this field is limited and that the most popular alternative ideas about black holes are a) that they can absorb everything in the universe, and b) that they are “black” in all the electromagnetic spectrum. The proposed refutational text about these ideas evolves in a radio broadcast, where a student is discussing with a physicist about his concerns on black holes

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