Here are 12 questions that every physics department should ask themselves in regard to teaching and the educational curriculum:
This blog is a platform for discussions on physics teaching in higher education. What are effective teaching strategies and creative ways to arouse students' enthusiasm for physics? A special focus lies on condensed matter physics and materials science. Most of the content is based on my personal experience, but I also try to offer a broader perspective of physics teaching.
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Computational physics is underrepresented
The subject "physics" can be divided into experimental and theoretical physics. In order to become excellent physicists, students attend numerous classes on these two subcategories of physics. The neverending "battle" between theoretical and experimental physicists on which group of people are the "real" physicists is being fought on (presumably) each and every university campus in this world.
But does the simple division into two categories, theory and experiment, do justice to this large and complex subject termed physics? Not really. How about computational physics?
Rethinking career advice: beyond "follow your passion" for physics students
I started reading a new book a few days ago: "So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Lov...
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I started reading a new book a few days ago: "So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Lov...
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While many influential physics books and articles were written in German prior to World War II, English has become the lingua franca of scie...
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This blog is dealing with teaching physics (and materials science) in higher education. I started the blog a while ago because this topic co...