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Teacher roles during amusement park visits - insights from observations, interviews and questionnaires

June 11, 2015 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
Amusement parks offer rich possibilities for physics learning, through observations and experiments that illustrate important physical principles and often involve the whole body. Amusement parks are also among the most popular school excursions, but very often the learning possibilities are underused. In this work we have studied different teacher roles and discuss how universities, parks or event managers can encourage and support teachers and schools in their efforts to make amusement park visits true learning experiences for their students.

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  • National Resource Center for Physics Education
    Contributor
  • 2015 06 11  MG 5284
    Principal Investigator
    National Resource Centre for Physics Education
  • Cecilia Kozma
    Author
    Stockholm University
  • Andreas Theve
    Author
    Grona Lund
  • Citation

    ISBN : ISBN 978-80-7378-266-5
    Publication Name: ICPE-EPEC 2013 The International Conference on Physics Education: Active learning – in a changing world of new technologies
    Page Number: 591
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Mathematics | Physics | Technology
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers | Scientists
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Public Events and Festivals | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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