Session V13: Physics Education and History

8:00 AM–10:36 AM, Thursday, March 19, 2009
Room: 309

Sponsoring Units: FEd FHP
Chair: Michael Pettersen, Washington and Jefferson College

Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.V13.1

Abstract: V13.00001 : Physics Education in Sub-Sahara African Schools and Universities

8:00 AM–8:12 AM

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Author:

  Tilahun Deressu
    (Addis Ababa University)

This talk will give an overview of physics teaching and research in Sub-Saharan African Schools and Universities. Secondary School Physics Curricula and physics teacher training curricula from 10 African countries are compared from content, methods of delivery and evaluation perspectives. The characteristics of physics study and research in universities, both at the undergraduate and the graduate levels, are described.

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