Interactive teaching units in physics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i1.403Abstract
The concept of the interactive teaching unit first emerged in the late 1970s (Reid,
1978; Johnstone and Reid, 1979) arising from a major research project which was
seeking to explore the development of attitudes relating to the themes covered in the study of chemistry. From this project, a sound educational underpinning was
developed (Johnstone and Reid, 1981).
Much later, the use of interactive units has been extended to skills development, social issues awareness and the applications of science subjects in real-life situations (Reid, 1999; Clarkeburn et al., 2000; Lennon, et al., 2002). Sets of units were developed in chemistry and biology and, more recently, a range of four teaching units in physics was developed under LTSN funding.
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