Foregrounding epistemology and everyday intuitions in a quantum physics course for nonscience majors

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] In developing and modifying a course called Intuitive Quantum Physics for nonscience majors, several social and theoretical commitments informed our design decisions. We believed that the goal of a general...

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Autores principales:	Michael C. Wittmann, Jeffrey T. Morgan
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2020
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a77c09cf251245d2a605be13515bc6532021-12-02T14:09:02ZForegrounding epistemology and everyday intuitions in a quantum physics course for nonscience majors10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.0201592469-9896https://doaj.org/article/a77c09cf251245d2a605be13515bc6532020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020159http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020159https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9896[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] In developing and modifying a course called Intuitive Quantum Physics for nonscience majors, several social and theoretical commitments informed our design decisions. We believed that the goal of a general education course should not be acquiring content knowledge alone, but more generally developing an approach to thinking scientifically. Thus, our course was designed to promote a deeper understanding of the nature of science through careful attention to students’ personal epistemologies. We emphasized everyday situations, be they social activities or personal experiences, as analogies to be used during instruction. We used these everyday events to help students make sense of quantum physics, choosing the topic exactly because it seems otherwise counterintuitive. Through this work, we hoped to help students make connections between complex topics (in this case in science) and their everyday experiences.Michael C. WittmannJeffrey T. MorganAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Physics Education Research, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 020159 (2020)
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description	[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] In developing and modifying a course called Intuitive Quantum Physics for nonscience majors, several social and theoretical commitments informed our design decisions. We believed that the goal of a general education course should not be acquiring content knowledge alone, but more generally developing an approach to thinking scientifically. Thus, our course was designed to promote a deeper understanding of the nature of science through careful attention to students’ personal epistemologies. We emphasized everyday situations, be they social activities or personal experiences, as analogies to be used during instruction. We used these everyday events to help students make sense of quantum physics, choosing the topic exactly because it seems otherwise counterintuitive. Through this work, we hoped to help students make connections between complex topics (in this case in science) and their everyday experiences.
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title	Foregrounding epistemology and everyday intuitions in a quantum physics course for nonscience majors
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Foregrounding epistemology and everyday intuitions in a quantum physics course for nonscience majors

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