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There was a question back in July asking what we teach as physics teachers.
This is a very complex question which I havew had resolved about three
years ago. Besides all the process and cognitive skills that a well organized
school board with any valid backround in pedogogy will request, I find that
basically in grade 9 I am teaching the students good study habits and proving
that good study habits reap fine rewards.  I use physical science as the
subject material.  In grades 10 and 11, I narrow the focus to teaching my
students how to study a science and I use physics to do this.Statistically, m
chances of teaching a future physics major is 1 in 200.  I realize some of m
students will take another physics course in university and for many, this is
only physics course they will ever have. So I have these personal goals:  I
want my students to be at least as curious about the physical world around
them as they were before they took my course(more would be better)page
And, I want them to be successful in the next science course they take (in
university), and I also want them to WANT to take a university physics course.
I could get them motivated and curious in ophysics by teaching P.Hewitt's Conc
PHYSICS, but the knack is producing motivated students who will suceed in univ
calculus based physics.  With that in mind, I facilitate their learning experi
ence by presenting various phenomina for them to investigate using scientific
method.  They do the learning by teaching themselves, and they learn what it
takes to teach themselves.  They find out quickly the consequences of how well
they teach themselves.  Some come to me prepared to memorize everything and
understand nothing and forget it all in July.  But hopefully they abandom thos
grammar school learning tactics and stretch for abstract thinking and formal
thought, to enjoy their own abilities to appreciate the physical world
around them.  Sorry this is so long. Have a good year, all