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Didactics of Physics I

Course code

MLF7095.LT

old course code

MLF7095

Course title in Estonian

Füüsika didaktika I

Course title in English

Didactics of Physics I

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Erkki Soika (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Core subject of the teacher training programme. To develop skills in using modern methods for teaching physics in real classroom situations in school.

Brief description of the course

History of teaching physics. Interaction between teaching physics and society, physical science and pedagogy. Physics as a language. Physics lessons in the classroom and the position of physics in school, education policy, curricula. Different approaches to teaching physics. Computers in teaching physics.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
-knows what factors affect physics education and what developments physics education has undergone in Estonia and in the world;
- can plan his activities as a physics teacher (choose appropriate methods and tools, including information technology) and relate the principles of general didactics when teaching physics in elementary school;
- understands the importance of his activities for the student's development and the impact on society as a whole;
- analyzes his activity as a teacher (self-analysis) and gives an adequate evaluation of his activity, knows how to think and act critically.

Teacher

PhD Erkki Soika

The course is a prerequisite

Didactics of Physics II (MLF7097.LT)
Methodology of Teaching Physics (MLF7096.LT)
Practical Training in Physics Didactics I (MLF7303.LT)

Study programmes containing that course