THE ROLE OF THE LABORATORY IN PHYSICS EDUCATION,1978 Oxford[laboratorio fisica

Edited by J.G.Jones and J.L. Lewis,
THE ROLE OF THE LABORATORY
IN PHYSICS EDUCATION,
John Goodman and Sons, Birmingham,
senza data (1978?),
brossura, 21x15 cm., pp.192,
testo in inglese,
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An account of the Oxford Conference held in July 1978,
jointly organised by the International Commission on Physics
Education and the Groupe International de Recherche sur
I'Enseignement de la Physique, with support from Unesco.

dal testo introduttivo:
Introduction
Professor A.P. French,
Physics Department,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

It was my pleasure and privilege, as Chairman of the International Commission
on Physics Education, to open the Oxford conference on the Role of the
Laboratory in Physics Education. I did this not only on my own behalf, but
also on behalf of Professor Poul Thomsen, President of GIREP, which joined
with ICPE in the sponsorship, planning and conduct of the conference.

The subject of laboratory instruction in physics emerged as one of the main
areas of interest at the International Commission's Conference in Edinburgh
in August 1975. As physics teachers, we all know that laboratory work
represents a particularly difficult problem. I suspect that it is in this area that
we tend to feel most strongly, and most often, that our students are having
an educational experience falling far short of what we would wish them to have.
Our hope was that the Oxford conference would do something to remedy those
shortcomings.

At the conference there were participants representing a rich variety of
backgrounds - 150 participants from 50 different countries. There were people
teaching physics at widely different levels, and under even more widely different
local or national circumstances. This was exemplified, quite deliberately, by
the programme for the opening session of the conference, at which we heard
about the teaching of elementary physics in largely rural schools in a developing
country (the Philippines) and about a highly specialised laboratory at university
level in a technically very advanced country (Sweden).

One of the things we learnt at the conference was that, underlying these
differences, there is a fundamental unity. Each participant found that he had
much to learn from his fellow participants. But those of us who were privileged
to be present at a stimulating conference also have an obligation, now that
we are back in our own countries, to pass on what was learnt. To help in this
process, I am pleased to welcome this volume, which is an edited version of the
proceedings at the conference.


Contents
Page
Preface John L. Lewis .. .. .. .. .. .. ii
Introduction Professor A.P. French .. .. .. .. .. iii
Chapter 1 Aims and organisation of the Laboratory...... 1
(edited by J. Ogborn)
Chapter 2 Aspects of laboratory work in physics education .. 65
(edited by B.T. Chadwick)
Chapter 3 Project work in physics education .. .. 103
(edited by A.W. Trotter)
Chapter 4 Assessment of practical physics .. .. .. .. 119
(edited by R.W. Fairbrother)
Chapter 5 Electronics .. .. .. .. .. .. 145
(edited by D. Tawney)
Chapter 6 Optics .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 161
(edited by Dr. R.W. Whitworth)
Chapter 7 Special lectures .. .. .. .. .. .. 171
Appendix Conference members and address list .. .. 187