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Re: Formal explanations vs. pathways of understanding (was: momentum before



Placing the discipline in context (cultural, historical, personal) not only
gives the students more opportunities to internalize physics, but also
demonstrates that science is a wholly human activity. As such, science,
scientists, science education, and science educators are subject to all the
foibles and enoblements of humankind.
George Spagna **********************************************
Department of Physics * *
Randolph-Macon College * "An insanity as enormous, as complex *
P.O. Box 5005 * as the one around me had to be planned. *
Ashland, VA 23005-5505 * I've found the plan!" *
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phone: (804) 752-7344 * -- Robert Heinlein, "They" (1948) *
FAX: (804) 752-4724 * *
e-mail: gspagna@rmc.edu **********************************************
WWW: www.rmc.edu/~gspagna/gspagna.html


This way of looking at it makes a lot more sense to me.

Dewey

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