Soft physics: healing the mind/body split in physics education
Physics education is facing a crisis of meaning: students can “plug” numbers into formulas, but research shows they do not give much meaning to physical concepts. This thesis explores how the cultural context of physics education, in particular the mind/body cartesian split, contributes to a loss of...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43278 |