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Maths for Einstein's Universe Tools for Understanding Modern Reality
Anastasia Popkova, David Blair, David Treagust
Aversion to mathematics is a recognised and widespread problem. Following a review of the literature on this subject, this paper presents an education program which has been develo…
Developing and implementing an Einsteinian science curriculum from Years 3 to 10: Part B Teacher upskilling: response to training and teacher's classroom experience
Tejinder Kaur, Magdalena Kersting, Kyla Adams +12
Recent years have seen a growing interest in modernizing physics and science curricula around the world. While many science educators and curriculum developers design instructional…
Developing and implementing an Einsteinian science curriculum from Years 3 to 10 : Part A Concepts, rationale and learning outcomes
Tejinder Kaur, Magdalena Kersting, David Blair +10
There has been a growing realisation that school science curricula do not adequately reflect the revolutionary changes in our scientific understanding of the 20th century. This dis…
Can 8-Year-Olds understand concepts of Einsteinian physics?
Tejinder Kaur, Aishwarya Banavathu, David Blair +2
This paper reports the first study on the ability of Year 3 students (ages 7 to 8) to conceptualize Einsteinian concepts. This paper reports that children aged 7-8 are not too youn…
Long-term impact of a primary school intervention on aspects of Einsteinian physics
Kyla Adams, Roshan Dattatri, Tejinder Kaur +1
The physics that underpins modern technology is based on Einstein's theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. Most school students complete their compulsory science education w…
Can a short intervention focused on gravitational waves and quantum physics improve students' understanding and attitude?
Rahul K. Choudhary, Alexander Foppoli, Tejinder Kaur +3
The decline in student interest in science and technology is a major concern in the western world. One approach to reversing this decline is to introduce modern physics concepts mu…