Magdalena Kersting, David Blair

Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools

An Essential Guide for Teachers in Training and Practice
Herausgeber: Kersting, Magdalena; Blair, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools is designed to be a resource for primary and secondary science teachers and teacher education students, and anyone interested in a scientifically accurate description of physical reality at a level appropriate for school education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allen & Unwin
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781760877712
• ISBN-10: 1760877719
• Artikelnr.: 60797287

Autorenporträt

Magdalena Kersting is an educational researcher, physics educator, and science communicator with a keen interest in getting students excited about Einsteinian physics. Based at the University of Oslo in Norway, Magdalena collaborates with scientists, educators, and teachers around the world to bring great science education to as many students as possible. She believes that Einsteinian physics education can help students think more clearly about complex ideas and, eventually, enable them to build a better future. ¿ David Blair is a pioneer in gravitational wave research with a passion for education. This led him to found both the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre and the Gravity Discovery Centre. The research centre played a significant role in the discovery of gravitational waves, and is now part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav. The Gravity Discovery Centre was set up as an education centre to bring Einsteinian physics to schools and the public. He leads the Einstein-First Project, which is developing a complete Einsteinian physics science curriculum from primary to high school.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Motivations and needs to teach Einsteinian physics. Chapter 1.
Intuition in Einsteinian physics. Chapter 2. Time for changing paradigms in
science and in education. Chapter 3. The difficult birth of quantum
physics. Chapter 4. The difficult birth of gravitational wave astronomy.
Section 2: Instructional approaches to teach Einsteinian physics. Special
Relativity. Chapter 5 - Dynamics first - a novel approach to relativity.
Chapter 6. Event diagrams - supporting student reasoning in special
relativity through thought experiments. Chapter 7. Introducing relativity
on rotated graph paper. Chapter 8. Pushing the boundaries of Einsteinian
physics education using virtual reality technology. General Relativity.
Chapter 9. Standing on the shoulders of giants - how historical
perspectives on gravity can inform modern physics education. Chapter 10.
Models and analogies in teaching general relativity. Chapter 11.
Gravitational lensing as a focal point for teaching general relativity.
Chapter 12. Introducing the geometric concepts of general relativity with
sector models. Chapter 13. Where do gravitational waves come from, and how
can we detect more? . Chapter 14. Using the language of gravity to teach
about space, time, and matter in general relativity. Quantum Physics.
Chapter 15. Introducing quantum physics with toy photons. Chapter 16.
Teaching quantum physics to middle and high school students using
phasor-wheels. Chapter 17 - David Blair: Gold, Einstein's Metal. Chapter
18. Patterns and atoms: the structure of atomic matter. Section 3:
Introducing Einsteinian physics around the world. Chapter 19. Designing
learning resources and investigating student motivation and learning in
general relativity and quantum physics in Norway. Chapter 20. Towards a
comprehensive general relativity course for secondary school. Chapter 21.
Australia: Einstein-First: modernising the school physics curriculum in
Western Australia and beyond. Chapter 22. Scotland: The introduction of
Einsteinian physics to the upper secondary school physics curriculum in
Scotland: experiences and observations. Chapter 23. Netherlands: Towards a
study module on general relativity in the Netherlands. Chapter 24. Czech
Republic: Introducing general relativity without special relativity -
classroom experience from the Czech Republic. Chapter 25. South Korea:
Toward understanding Einsteinian physics education: relativity education as
an exemplar