Constructal theory and related science education aspects

Luís Miguel Horta

doi:10.29333/mathsciteacher/17764

Constructal theory and related science education aspects

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Luís Miguel Horta ¹ ^*

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¹ Agrupamento de Escolas Nº1 de Abrantes, Abrantes, PORTUGAL^* Corresponding Author

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The constructal theory applies to everything that moves, animated and inanimate; in fact, human beings have flow systems within that are obvious manifestations of constructal theory (like the circulatory blood system). The understanding and developing strategies to tackle diseases can benefit from better science education of this constructal theory applied to the human species in health, on the physiological, mental, and social components, the use of the cyberspace educational resources including those on constructal theory available and all that development can lead us to improvement of science, design of science teachers training with the constructal pedagogical supervision theory for sustainable development.

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constructal
education
health
science
pedagogical
supervision

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Journal of Mathematics and Science Teacher, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2026, Article No: em092

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