Lecture: Dreams of the Universe - Teaching Physics and History through Role Play

Description
Dreams of the Universe is a teaching session under development at the Danish National Museum. It is interdisciplinary, coupling history and physics. The aim is for students to understand some of the factors of scientific changes. The framework for understanding these changes is the theory of Thomas Kuhn. The case is the change from a geocentric model of the universe to a heliocentric model of the solar system.

Who
Jesper Bruun works as a research assistant at the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen. He holds a degree in physics with a thesis in the didactics of physics. Long time organizer and player of role plays in Denmark. Valdemar Kølle is 32. He is Master of Science and holds a degree Physical Education, with a thesis on Larping as motivation for Physical Activity. Long time organizer of both professional and pro bono Larps. He was there in the beginning of Danish Larp tradition and is still hanging on.

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