Motivation for this project A course like Quantumphysics can be highly abstract, especially for first-year students. To help them familiarize themselves with the world of the quantum a website ...
Lecturing dates back to mediaeval times and the founding of Europe’s earliest universities. Initially, lectures amounted to little more than a ‘lecturer’ standing at the front and reading a book to...
Although practical work continues to be considered an essential part of any science or engineering degree opportunities for experimentation, in many courses, have decreased in recent years, due to e...
Lecturing dates back to mediaeval times and the founding of Europe’s earliest universities. Initially, lectures amounted to little more than a ‘lecturer’ standing at the front and reading a book to...
If, as is often claimed, a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words might an attention grabbing mid-lecture demonstration be worth? Certainly lecture demonstrations are popular both with st...
Expertise in practical work (labs), supporting learners (prior knowledge gaps), pedagogical theoretical issues (eg. learning outcomes, learning models)
Expertise in practical work (labs), demonstrations, analogy based teaching