Opis: Physics (Classic Reprint) - Mann Charles Riborg

Excerpt from Physics

Within the last twenty years the methods of teaching physics have been revolutionized. The reaction against the loose and desultory methods previously in vogue was started by the emphasis given to laboratory work in the new books which then appeared. The movement gained impetus from the influence brought to bear on the schools by the Harvard Entrance Requirements and the Report of the Committee of Ten. This pressure on the schools resulted in a demand for closer observation by the students, involving careful measurements.

As far as science is concerned, the most important result of this introduction of laboratory work into the schools has been the development in the public mind of a widespread recognition of the fundamental principle that knowledge is real and living to the individual, only when it is founded on personally observed facts and personal experience.

Nevertheless, during the past few years it has become clear that the present methods of applying this principle to instruction in physics have failed to arouse in the students that real enthusiasm for the pursuit of the subject, which is indispensable for the mastery of its principles. This has been found true in spite of the fact that, in their own way, boys and girls have by nature and disposition the keenest interest in physical phenomena.

In recognition of this fact, many attempts have been made to develop a better system of instruction. Such a system ought to give the mental training that has been so much emphasized; but it ought also to inspire in the boys and girls a living enthusiasm for the subject, and to develop in them the scientific habit of mind, the ability to utilize their knowledge, and a just appreciation of the significance of natural phenomena. If physics can be so taught as to develop in the student these elements of power, so vital to his future career, there can be no doubt that in due time its educative value will be properly appreciated and its popularity restored.

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Szczegóły: Physics (Classic Reprint) - Mann Charles Riborg

Nazwa: Physics (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Mann Charles Riborg
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781331523109
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 478
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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