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Submitted by Mawrtyr2008 on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 2:26pm.
This interview with Harvard professor, Eric Mazur, titled "Using the 'Beauties of Physics' to Conquer Science Illiteracy seemed very relevant to our discussion of teaching methods.
Some important excerpts:
  • "I used to get in front of my students and do all the science for them. I should have been showing them how to do it themselves."
  • "Today, by having the students work out the physics problems with each other, the learning gets done. I’ve moved from being “the sage on the stage” to “the guide on the side.”
I'm not sure what model he uses, but whatever it is, it's inductive teaching.

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