Dresden 2000 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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DD: Didaktik der Physik

DD II: HV II

DD II.1: Hauptvortrag

Montag, 20. März 2000, 11:45–12:30, T Phys

Physics Literacy for All Students — •Art Hobson — Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, USA

"Without a scientifically literate population, the outlook for a better world is not promising" (American Associaion for the Advancement of Science, in Science for All Americans, AAAS 1990). Because industrialized democracies require a scientifically literate electorate, every citizen’s education should include culturally and socially relevant physics. Instruction should be conceptual rather than technical. Since 1976, I have developed and taught a course of this type. Besides presenting most of the great principles of physics, it (1) emphasizes modern physics (this is 50 of the course), (2) includes philosophical implications such as scientific methodology and pseudoscience, and (3) includes social implications such as global warming and energy resources. I will describe this course and, as an example, outline some ideas for teaching one socially significant topic: transportation and energy efficiency. A textbook is available: Physics: Concepts and Connections, by Art Hobson (Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition 1999).

See http://www.uark.edu/depts/physics/about/hobson.html .