Symmetry as a Thematic Approach to Physics Education
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چکیده
The persistent fear of physics motivated the author to explore a new paradigm for introductory college physics that starts with symmetry and the contemporary views of spacetime, and incorporates learning strategies from the arts. Symmetry is the thematic foundation of the course, as the mathematical foundation of physics and the conceptual link between physics and the arts. I describe the curriculum, the use of arts-based teaching strategies and student-generated representations in promoting concept development in physics. Results collected over six years suggest that this curriculum is effective in developing conceptual understanding, and highly appealing for non-physics students as well as physics majors
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