Upgrading Physics Education to Meet the Needs of Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pietrocola, Maurício (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Science-Social aspects.; Science education.; Learning.; Instruction.; Teaching.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Science Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

Nations around the globe consider physics education an important tool of economic and social development and currently advocate the use of innovative strategies to prepare students for knowledge and skills acquisition. Particularly in the last decade, a series of revisions were made to physics curri...