Re: [Phys-l] Students' READING abilities

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

Of course there are new things being done in research.  We are just at the
beginning, just as medicine was when antiseptics were discovered.  So things
may change even more.  We all eventually become fossils.  Even Einstein
fought QM, and was convinced way ahead of his time that all forces could be
unified.  He just didn't have the necessary evidence and approach.

We both keep on saying the same things:;>} and prowling around the same
table.  Oh and I do disagree with Hake that it is time to implement physics
first, so we can not all agree.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

> OK everybody.  If you don't do it John's way, don't bother to do it.  You
> might as well quit right now.  Maybe the new administration can pass a law
> to dictate exactly HOW we should all teach (and think, and interact with
> others, etc.).  I know John really believes in this stuff--even believes
> the
> research if proof (of something--but exactly what is somewhat unclear.  By
> what criterion is this or that better, and whose criterion is that? One
> style fits all course goals--I guess.)   I personally get tired of the
> constant litany here.  For the goals I have, what I do (developed over 30
> years and constantly being changed and updated, containing elements of
> many
> different teaching/learning styles--even inquiry!) serves reasonably well.
> I don't see how one methodology here can serve all the goals I have, but
> then I'm getting too old and inflexible!  Anyway, for all you young-uns, I
> guess it's Clement's way or the highway!
>
> Rick  ;-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>
> > If the new courses were all taught using inquiry, I can see supporting
> > them.
> > But they won't be.  And at the same time physics is likely to go to
> > freshman
> > year and be taught by the former physical science teachers who have many
> > of
> > the same misconceptions as their students.
>
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