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Teaching nonscience majors about electromagnetic radiation
Physical Review Physics Education Research ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 , DOI: 10.1103/physrevphyseducres.16.020141
Shulamit Kapon , Hagar Veksler

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] We discuss the theoretical underpinnings that informed the considerations and decisions that shaped the design of a curriculum unit entitled “Electromagnetic radiation—principles, applications, and decisions”. This unit is part (45 h) of the compulsory general science requirement for the Israeli high school matriculation curriculum in science for students who choose not to major in any scientific discipline. Its goal is to develop scientific literacy rather than expertise. During the problematizing phase that preceded the design we identified two challenges presented by the formal goal of the unit and its target audience: (i) how to foster meaningful engagement on the part of diverse groups of “outsiders to science” with complex scientific content such as electromagnetic radiation, (ii) how to translate scientific and engineering findings related to a complex phenomenon such as electromagnetic radiation, which emerge within a context of specialized knowledge and vocabulary, into lay language without corrupting their meaning. The first section of this article explores these questions through a theoretical discussion of (i) relevance, personal relevance, and meaningfulness; (ii) the implications of pursuing personal relevance on the meaning ascribed to scientific literacy of nonscientists, and the ways to support its development in school; and (iii) the ways in which personal relevance comes to bear on the choice of content and explanatory means. We then illustrate how these theoretical principles and insights were translated into curriculum design.

中文翻译:

向非科学专业的学生讲授电磁辐射

[本文是《课程开发重点集:从理论到设计》的一部分。]我们讨论了理论基础,这些基础为决定题为“电磁辐射-原理,应用和决策”的课程单元设计提供了考虑。对于选择以色列高中预科课程的学生,该单元是以色列高中预科课程必修普通科学要求的一部分(45小时)攻读任何科学学科。其目标是发展科学素养而不是专业知识。在设计之前的问题化阶段,我们确定了该部门及其目标受众的正式目标提出的两个挑战:(i)如何促进具有复杂科学内容的“科学以外的人”不同群体的有意义的参与作为电磁辐射,(ii)如何将与诸如电磁辐射之类的复杂现象相关的科学和工程发现转化为通俗的语言,而这些现象是在专门知识和词汇的语境下出现的,而不会破坏其含义。本文的第一部分通过对(i)关联性,个人关联性和有意义性的理论讨论来探讨这些问题。(ii)追求个人相关性对非科学家科学素养的意义的含义,以及支持其在学校发展的方法;(iii)在内容和解释手段的选择上与个人相关的方式。然后,我们说明如何将这些理论原理和见解转化为课程设计。
更新日期:2020-12-04
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