We discuss what’s gone well and badly this week with guest presenter Cara Wood and then chat about James de Winter’s thoughts on Maths in Physics teaching.
Timestamps
- Introducing the Survey @ 01:45
- What’s gone well and badly this week? @ 02:46
- James de Winter interview @ 08:50
- Post James chat @ 25:12
Summary
Cara Wood (she of the plucky string in episode 27) steps in for Patrick Kaplo to share her thoughts about what has gone well and badly this week. James de Winter then talks about Maths in Physics teaching: what can learned from the Maths department and the challenges Physics Teachers face. He mentions research by the ASE about cooperation between Maths and Physics departments and also Ed Southall’s book “Yes, but why?”. He also talks about how he has used numberless graphs and suggests a question you can ask yourself before each activity: What’s the point?
Cara reminded Thomas about the graph scale selector, but we couldn’t find a link to an example, can you?
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