Eric Mazur lectures on teaching
2009-11-22 06:12:35.583978+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
Worth watching, even at 1:20: Eric Mazur, physics professor at Harvard, on teaching physics and the difference between problem solving and understanding.
2009-11-22 06:12:35.583978+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
Worth watching, even at 1:20: Eric Mazur, physics professor at Harvard, on teaching physics and the difference between problem solving and understanding.
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#Comment Re: made: 2009-11-23 05:04:27.569886+00 by: hananc
highly interesting and very relevant to my work at the science museum. Thanks!
#Comment Re: made: 2009-11-23 18:57:29.038539+00 by: Dan Lyke
Yeah, I'm thinking about a number of things in that lecture and realizing just how much of our conceptual framework is tied up in language which is probably misleading.
And just in case you're tempted to stop watching at the Q&A section, the last question and answer are worth skipping ahead to, even if you give the rest of it a miss.