Abstract
A dilemma now faces many physics teachers: how to meet the demand, made both on humanistic and practical grounds, for courses which extend the physics curriculum beyond physics by relating it to human affairs. Can physics teachers qualify to teach such coursest What should they teach1 This article describes the dilemma and presents one such experimental course, “Science and Technology in Society,” offered in the physics department at Rutgers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 368-373 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | American Journal of Physics |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1973 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)