Analysis of some Misconceptions and Distortions presents on Web Sites and YouTube Videos on Michael Faraday’s Electromagnetic law

Authors

  • Renan André Peres Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Luciano Carvalhais Gomes Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v9.n1.a3958

Abstract

Abstract:  We present in this article some reflections as a result of our research, which had as main goal to answer the following question: What are the different misconceptions and distortions that exist in presenting the content of Michael Faraday Electromagnetic law (Faraday’s law) on web sites and YouTube videos? Our research involved mainly in a brief historical review about Faraday’s law and an analysis about how this topic is presented on web sites and YouTube videos. For this, we use the methodological procedures of bibliographic research as described by Salvador (1981), since we aimed to understand, analyze and critically confront a given content from several bibliographic sources. To sum up, we can affirm that Michael Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic Induction, as displayed on the reviewed sites and videos, is different from what the British enunciated in 1832, in his first article of the series named the Experimental Research on Electricity, and later on in other texts.

Keywords: Faraday’s law. Web Sites. YouTube Videos. Misconceptions and distortions.

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Author Biography

  • Luciano Carvalhais Gomes, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Doutor em Educação para a Ciência e a Matemática pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2012). Mestre em Educação para a Ciência e o Ensino de Matemática pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2008). Graduado em Licenciatura Plena em Física pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2005). Mestre em Engenharia de Estruturas pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2001) e graduado em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1998). Atualmente, é Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Física e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação para a Ciência e a Matemática (PCM) da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), atuando nas seguintes linhas de pesquisa: - Ensino e Aprendizagem na Educação Científica; - Formação de Professores de Ciências e Matemática; - História, Epistemologia e Cultura da Ciência.

Published

2020-07-03

How to Cite

Analysis of some Misconceptions and Distortions presents on Web Sites and YouTube Videos on Michael Faraday’s Electromagnetic law. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 9, n. 1, 2020. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v9.n1.a3958. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/3958. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2026.