Sensible Physics Teaching
For Grades Six to Eight
Published on 27. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-1-943582-12-9 (ISBN)
Description
The most effective way for children to learn about science is through hands-on experience, not through memorising theory. That principle is at the heart of Waldorf science teaching, and is the basis for this invaluable book.
The authors explore the nature of 'phenomenological' -- experiential -- science' and how it can help middle-school students engage with physics, and stimulate observation and wonder.
The book has step-by-step experiments that demonstrate how to approach science in this lively, real-life way. It is an essential book for any teacher who wants to bring this kind of fulfilling interaction into their classroom.
The authors explore the nature of 'phenomenological' -- experiential -- science' and how it can help middle-school students engage with physics, and stimulate observation and wonder.
The book has step-by-step experiments that demonstrate how to approach science in this lively, real-life way. It is an essential book for any teacher who wants to bring this kind of fulfilling interaction into their classroom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-943582-12-9 (9781943582129)
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Persons
Michael D'Aleo is an engineer and a science teacher. His years of teaching in Waldorf schools and training Waldorf teachers has given him unusual depth in presentation of this unique approach to teaching the sciences. He lives and works in New York. He is principal teacher in the Teaching Sensible Science program of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education. Stephen Edelglass was a Waldorf teacher and a trained scientist. His untimely death in 1998 left an enormous gap in the Waldorf community where he had become a role model for excellence in science teaching.