O ensino de física nos diferentes níveis da educação é, geralmente, considerado tedioso e complexo quando é apresentado dissociado da realidade e com excesso de formalismo matemático. A parceria entre universidades e museus de ciências pode ajudar no desenvolvimento de estratégias práticas que auxiliem o ensino de física nos diferentes segmentos do ensino. O presente trabalho apresenta experimentos desenvolvidos na oficina “aerodinâmica de bolas”, apresentada ao público no evento temático “Ciência do Esporte” realizado no ano da Copa do Mundo pelo museu de ciências Espaço Ciência Viva da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. O trabalho procurou fundamentar a teoria relativa aos módulos experimentais, apresentar detalhes da elaboração dos modelos, bem como discorrer brevemente acerca da importância da divulgação de ciências em espaços de ensino não formal.

The teaching of Physics at different levels of education is often considered tedious and complex when it is disconnected from reality and with an excess of mathematical formalism. The partnership between universities and science museums may lead to the development of practical strategies that will assist the teaching of physics in different segments. The present article resents the experiments carried out the “Aerodynamics of the Balls” workshop presented to the public in the event “Sport Science” held at the Museum of Science “Espaço Ciência Viva”, at Rio de Janeiro, during the year of the World Soccer Cup. The approach of this study sought to encompass the theoretical aspects of the experiments, details of the construction of the models, as well as to briefly summarize the importance of scientific publications in situations of non-formal education.

Programming is a computer science discipline that has many applications in the real world including the resolution of nontrivial problems that involve great intellectual challenge. The main difficulty lies not in expressing the solution in terms of elementary instructions, but in solving the problem. To find an appropriate solution for a problem causes in the student a cognitive conflict due of they do not dominate a system of strategies in order to respond satisfactorily. The analysis of what happen in the classroom today with the first level students to the Engineering, exhibit that the academic performance of students is becoming less satisfactory added to the complexity of the subject content. The experience made during the dictation of the first programming course students receive in the first year of electronic engineering, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and from the National University of San Luis, is presented in this paper.

La programación es una disciplina de las Ciencias de la Computación con muchas aplicaciones, incluyendo problemas no triviales cuya resolución constituye un desafío intelectual. La verdadera dificultad no reside en expresar la solución del problema en términos de instrucciones elementales de un lenguaje de programación específico, sino en la resolución del problema propiamente dicha. El proceso de encontrar una solución adecuada a un problema provoca en el alumno un conflicto cognitivo pues no dispone de un sistema de estrategias que le permitan responder de manera satisfactoria. Del análisis de la realidad áulica que se viene presentando con los alumnos ingresantes a la carrera de Ingeniería, se ha detectado que el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes es cada vez menos satisfactorio sumado a la complejidad propia de los contenidos de la asignatura. En este trabajo se presenta la experiencia realizada durante el dictado del primer curso de programación que reciben los alumnos de primer año en la carrera de Ingeniería Electrónica de la Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas y Naturales, de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis.

Mario Bunge was born in Argentina in the final year of the First World War. He learnt atomic physics and quantum mechanics from an Austrian refugee who had been a student of Heisenberg. Additionally he taught himself modern philosophy in an environment that was a philosophical backwater. He was the first South American philosopher of science to be trained in science. His publications in physics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and the foundations of biology, are staggering in number, and include a massive 8-volume Treatise on Philosophy. The unifying thread of his scholarship is the constant and vigorous advancement of the Enlightenment Project, and criticism of cultural and academic movements that deny or devalue the core planks of the project: namely its naturalism, the search for truth, the universality of science, rationality, and respect for individuals. At a time when specialisation is widely decried, and its deleterious effects on science, philosophy of science, educational research and science teaching are recognised - it is salutary to see the fruits of one person's pursuit of the 'Big' scientific and philosophical picture.

Mario Bunge nació en Argentina el último año de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Aprendió física atómica y mecánica cuántica de un refugiado austriaco que había sido estudiante de Heisenberg. Adicionalmente, aprendió en forma autodidacta filosofía moderna en un entorno que era hostil. Fue el primer filósofo de la ciencia sudamericano con formación inicial en ciencias. Sus publicaciones en física, filosofía, psicología, sociología y fundamentos de la biología son sorprendentemente numerosas, e incluyen en extenso Tratado de Filosofía en ocho volúmenes. La línea unificadora de su producción es la constante y vigorosa defensa del Iluminismo, y la crítica a los movimientos culturales y académicos que niegan o devalúan sus fundamentos: su naturalismo, la búsqueda de la verdad, la universalidad de la ciencia, la racionalidad y el respeto por los individuos. En un tiempo en que se alaba ampliamente la especialización y son reconocidos sus efectos sobre la ciencia, la filosofía de la ciencia, la investigación educativa y la enseñanza de las ciencias, es saludable ver los frutos del empeño de una persona por construir una 'gran' imagen científica y filosófica.