Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity
© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Einstein-First project aims to change the paradigm of school science teaching through the introduction of modern Einsteinian concepts of space and time, gravity and quanta at an early age. These concepts are rarely taught to school students despite their central impor...
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| author | Kaur, T. Blair, D. Moschilla, J. Stannard, W. Zadnik, Marjan |
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| description | © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Einstein-First project aims to change the paradigm of school science teaching through the introduction of modern Einsteinian concepts of space and time, gravity and quanta at an early age. These concepts are rarely taught to school students despite their central importance to modern science and technology. The key to implementing the Einstein-First curriculum is the development of appropriate models and analogies. This paper is the first part of a three-paper series. It presents the conceptual foundation of our approach, based on simple physical models and analogies, followed by a detailed description of the models and analogies used to teach concepts of general and special relativity. Two accompanying papers address the teaching of quantum physics (Part 2) and research outcomes (Part 3). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-629832018-03-29T09:09:13Z Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity Kaur, T. Blair, D. Moschilla, J. Stannard, W. Zadnik, Marjan © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. The Einstein-First project aims to change the paradigm of school science teaching through the introduction of modern Einsteinian concepts of space and time, gravity and quanta at an early age. These concepts are rarely taught to school students despite their central importance to modern science and technology. The key to implementing the Einstein-First curriculum is the development of appropriate models and analogies. This paper is the first part of a three-paper series. It presents the conceptual foundation of our approach, based on simple physical models and analogies, followed by a detailed description of the models and analogies used to teach concepts of general and special relativity. Two accompanying papers address the teaching of quantum physics (Part 2) and research outcomes (Part 3). 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62983 10.1088/1361-6552/aa83e4 Institute of Physics Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | Kaur, T. Blair, D. Moschilla, J. Stannard, W. Zadnik, Marjan Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title | Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title_full | Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title_fullStr | Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title_short | Teaching Einsteinian physics at schools: Part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| title_sort | teaching einsteinian physics at schools: part 1, models and analogies for relativity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62983 |