Abstract

BONITO, JORGE et al. THE NATURE OF TIME AND ITS COMPLEXITY: DEEP TIME AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2011, vol.78, n.169, pp.247-257. ISSN 0012-7353.

This article aims to reflect on the complex concept of time - its philosophical and scientific dimensions, and, therefore, to recognize the need of further research about the respective teaching and learning process. Four dimensions will be carried out: in depth approach of several scientific and philosophical views on the nature of time; reflection on current perceptions of time; development of a set of considerations, concerning the quantification of time, mainly the physical, human and geological time; authors' reflection on a set of educational implications of the topic in the context of an ongoing research project.

Keywords : Deep time; complexity; perceptions; geology teaching.

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