Teaching and Learning Physics
week 13 assignments

Tues 11/16: Social, Political and Economic Backdrop to physics education






3 questions / observations only.

Thurs 11/18: Framing physics problems in a social relevant context.


Additionally, following up on Thursday's discussion, please consider the relevance of social interaction on solving physics problems and why collaborative efforts (such as the problem solving activity from Thursday's class) is productive or not productive for studnet learning. What would Dewey say? Benezet? Mahajan? Finkelstein? (if this question is in any way unclear please ask the instuctor or someone who was in class on Thursday).