So, as of today, I am once again a student. Only this time, I am a PGCE student, in training to be a physics teacher.
Started today at Kings College London. There's only 13 of us on the course so it's a very tight-knit group. All the better for me as it makes the subject group sessions much more cozy as we all know each other. After a quick introductory session we were given a tour of the Waterloo campus before breaking for lunch. Had no idea there were so many places to eat on the south bank...
Only a short tutorial when we got back, mainly discussing the image of physics and physicists in the media and how one of our aims this year was to break that stereotype through our teaching techniques and by just being ourselves once we start teaching. It was also about identifying what effect physics in films can have on students if it is not well presented and how we as teacher can address this while remaining on the syllabus.
Finished off the day with a few pints in the Waterfront bar, which I have attended once before during my UCL years. Still a nice bar and still only £1.90 for a beer! Will try to make the most of these free sessions while I still can, as I have no doubt I'm going to be far busier once we are all on placement. Should find that out on Thursday.
I'll be updating this blog every working day if I can, just as a diary of my progress on the course.
2 comments:
"It was also about identifying what effect physics in films can have on students if it is not well presented"
-- in First Aid training, they were mentioning how the hero in action movies rescues the friend who was being crushed by a heavy object. In real life, the resulting blood rush would kill the friend instantly.
Is it that kind of movie physics (or I suppose this is more medical stuff)... or are we in jumping-from-buildings territory here?
Matrix, anyone?
xx
It's generally the stuff that's within the realms of believable, but is completely wrong. See "The Core" for a very good example of a film that totally butchers the laws of physics.
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