How to Stimulate Students' Interest in Nuclear Physics?

Autor/inn/en	Elbanowska-Ciemuchowska, Stefania; Giembicka, Magdalena Anna
Titel	How to Stimulate Students' Interest in Nuclear Physics?
Quelle	(2011), S.678-687 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Nuclear Physics; Science Instruction; Instructional Innovation; Science Interests; Student Interests; Science Activities; Classroom Techniques; Portfolios (Background Materials); Educational Games; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Student Projects; Field Trips; Motivation Techniques; Science Experiments; Lesson Plans; Radiation; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Atomphysik; Kernphysik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Studieninteresse; Klassenführung; Educational game; Lernspiel; Schulprojekt; Exkursion; Motivationsförderung; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Strahlung; Polen
Abstract	Teaching nuclear physics in secondary schools offers us a unique possibility to increase our students' awareness of the influence that modern science and its achievements have on the everyday life of contemporary people. Students gain an opportunity to learn in what ways the outcome of laboratory research is put to use in such fields as medicine, technology, food conservation and the power industry. At the same time, it is a difficult subject to teach as the physics behind it and the mathematical apparatus required to describe it are very advanced. This part of school curriculum demands abstract thinking and frequently exceeds the students' cognitive powers. In this paper, we will present some teaching techniques which, while being suitable for teaching nuclear physics in secondary schools, stimulate the students' interests and engage them in the learning process. While considering traditional methods of teaching physics, which comprise lectures, problem-solving and experiments, as fundamental and thus not to be neglected, we proposed to improve the teaching process by using such techniques as discussions, students' projects, portfolios, didactic games and excursions. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10