Next Friday, Professor David Hestenes from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Arizona State University will give a lunchtime talk at the School of Physics and Astronomy.
“Naive beliefs about the physical world” is the most thoroughly investigated subject in physics education research. Professor Hestenes proposes there is a fundamental problem, with broader educational implications, which has not been addressed in most science curricula, teaching practices and educational policy. That is, teachers as well as students have naive beliefs about knowing and learning that interfere with the development of intellectual skills.
Find out more at this lunchtime talk:
Date: Friday 24th April 2009
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Venue: Room 5081, Physics Building (46)
RSVP to [email protected]