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Author Viennot, Laurence, 1942- author.

Title Developing critical thinking in physics : the apprenticeship of critique / Laurence Viennot, Nicolas Décamp
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 142 pages) : illustrations
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Series Contributions from science education research, 2213-3631 ; volume 7
Contributions from science education research ; v. 7. 2213-3631
Contents Why critique? Why physics? -- Main reasons to call a text into question -- Risk factors -- Benefits and limits of a classification -- Conceptual mastery and critical attitude : complex links -- Activating criticism without delay -- An education in critical analysis -- Critique: a prelude to deeper comprehension
Summary "This book promotes the effective implementation and development of critical analysis in physics. It focuses on explanatory texts concerning subjects typically dealt with in secondary or higher education and addressed in an academic or popular context. It highlights the general difficulties and obstacles inherent in teaching physics and shows how some tools can help to combine successful criticism and better understanding. The book examines the main reasons to call a text into question and looks at risk factors such as simplifications, story-like explanations and visual analogies. It takes inventory of the benefits and limits of critical analysis and discusses the complex links between conceptual mastery and critical attitude. The book ends by offering tools to activate critical thinking and ways for educators to guide students towards productive critical analysis"--Print version, page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record; online resource viewed March 12, 2021
Subject Physics -- Study and teaching.
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Physics -- Study and teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Décamp, Nicolas, author
ISBN 9783030437732
3030437736
Other Titles Apprentissage de la critique développer l'analyse critique en physique. English