Introduction – Rationale of the program

About the MAP prOject
Rationale of the program
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Science education
History of Science
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The case of falling bodies project
 


Introduction – Rationale of the program

University of Oldenburg (Carl von Ossietzky University)

Research topics: Teaching and Learning Research, especially the parallelism of students’ preconceptions and early historical scientific concepts Curriculum development with an emphasis on the use of history of science History of experiments and experimenting in physics during the 19th and 20th century.

Teaching activities: Fundamentals of physics Physics education, fundamentals and special problems History of physics and philosophy of science. Planning and giving physics lessons. The use of IT in physics teaching.

http://www.uni.oldenburg.de

Dr Falk Riess
Physics Education/History and Philosophy of Science
Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University
PO Box 2503
D-26111 Oldenburg
Tel +49 441 798-3540, -3537
Fax +49 441 798-3990, -3201

 

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