Physics education

General data

Course ID:	1101-464
Erasmus code / ISCED:	05.104 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0110) Education, not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Physics education
Name in Polish:	Dydaktyka fizyki
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Physics
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	For students of Physics and Astronomy who want to obtain the certificate of competence to teach physics in lower and upper secondary school.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Physics as a curriculum subject is discussed from the point of view of didactic research and of the teacher's everyday practice.
Full description:	The aim of the course is to present to the student teachers difficulties that physics causes as a curriculum subject, and ways to overcome them, in view of modern research in physics education. The rest of material ( assessment, selected teaching methods and the syllabus content) is presented with an eye to the teaching aims. Program: 1. Physics as a discipline and as a curriculum subject. Methodology of physics vs. methodology of physics education. 2. The aims of physics teaching. 3. The problems of language in the teaching of physics. 4. Students' cognitive difficulties in learning of physics. Constructing teaching-learning sequences based on the knowledge of cognitive barriers. 5. Assessment and examinations. Testing for understanding. 6. Selected physics concepts and topics: review of teaching approaches. 7. Models in physics and in physics education. 8. Teaching methods for active learning. Informal teaching and learning. 9. Teaching physics in various contexts (physics of cooking, physics of toys, physics in environmental problems?). Assessment form: Pass of class exercises Examination: 1. A written part (an essay or a teaching sequence) to be prepared at home. 2. An oral exam in case of doubt. Description by Magdalena Staszel, May 2010.
Bibliography:	1. J.L.Lewis (ed), Nauczanie Fizyki. 2. B.Niemierko, Diagnostyka edukacyjna 3. J.D.Harron, Lekcja chemii. O skutecznym sposobie uczenia 4. A.B.Arons, A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching (selected chapters) 5. R.Driver, E.Guesne, A.Tiberghien, Children's Ideas in Science. and papers in specialistic journals, suggested by the lecturer
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course the student: 1. Demontrates the knowledge of the present syllabus for lower and upper secondary school 2. Can match the assessment tools to the assumed teaching aims 3. Recognizes the most frequent pupils' cognitive difficulties and can diagnose and them. 4. Analyses the complexity of scientific texts and their suitability to various age groups 5. Designs teaching-learning sequences to remedy cognitive difficulties 6. Applies examples of ubiquity of physics in everyday life 7. Proposes attractive teaching context to increase pupils'interest 8. Can apply active teaching methods.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The contributions of the various forms to the final result are the following: Attending the classes - 20%, taking active part - 25%, homework - 25%, exam - 30%.
Practical placement:	none

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