Significance of Black Hole Visualization and Its Implication for Science Education Focusing on the Event Horizon Telescope Project
In recent years, substantial progress has been made in black hole visualization. However, there is a lack of essential up-to-date information regarding black holes in current school curricula, in spite of students’ substantial interest in black holes. In this study, we examined the implications of t...
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doaj-2d598d803e5046469be5b420e3f1797a2020-11-25T02:50:40ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972020-05-016707010.3390/universe6050070Significance of Black Hole Visualization and Its Implication for Science Education Focusing on the Event Horizon Telescope ProjectHye-Gyoung Yoon0Jeongwoo Park1Insun Lee2Department of Science Education, Chuncheon National University of Education, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24328, KoreaThe Center for Educational Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, KoreaDepartment of Physics Education, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, KoreaIn recent years, substantial progress has been made in black hole visualization. However, there is a lack of essential up-to-date information regarding black holes in current school curricula, in spite of students’ substantial interest in black holes. In this study, we examined the implications of the Event Horizon Telescope project, a recent achievement of the scientific community, for science education. An analysis of the black hole visualization research process, based on Giere’s scientific reasoning model, revealed that there are two categories of the black hole visualization processes: visualization through prediction based on a theory and visualization through real-world observation data. Black hole images are not merely scientific outputs that students must memorize; rather, they can be a useful resource for learning the nature of science and the characteristics of scientific reasoning.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/6/5/70black holesscience educationGiere’s modelEvent Horizon Telescope project |
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Significance of Black Hole Visualization and Its Implication for Science Education Focusing on the Event Horizon Telescope Project |
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In recent years, substantial progress has been made in black hole visualization. However, there is a lack of essential up-to-date information regarding black holes in current school curricula, in spite of students’ substantial interest in black holes. In this study, we examined the implications of the Event Horizon Telescope project, a recent achievement of the scientific community, for science education. An analysis of the black hole visualization research process, based on Giere’s scientific reasoning model, revealed that there are two categories of the black hole visualization processes: visualization through prediction based on a theory and visualization through real-world observation data. Black hole images are not merely scientific outputs that students must memorize; rather, they can be a useful resource for learning the nature of science and the characteristics of scientific reasoning. |
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