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Do all bodies fall equally? On the importance of stating the area of validity in physics education
(University of Cyprus, 2008)
Galileo's law of free fall, a corner stone of modern science, is usually accepted without any limits except the
condition of vacuum. The present study, following the paradigm of educational reconstruction (Duit et al. ...
The role of critical thinking In physics learning
(University of Cyprus, 2008)
Critical thinking is usually seen as crucial to Physics learning. This is clearly stated in the purposes of many
Physics’ curricula. In fact, since Dewey, several authors argue that critical thinking is fundamental to ...
Features and consequences of two School science curricula
(University of Cyprus, 2008)
With the political change in 1994, South Africa entered a period of dramatic educational change. The former
positivist school curriculum was replaced with an outcomes-based curriculum. In outcomes-based education
(OBE) ...