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PHY 224 Physics Methodology

NCE2 levelSciences31 topics

PHY 224 covers 31 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Philosophy of Science:-
  2. What is Science?
  3. What is Physics?
  4. Different aspects of Physics?
  5. Uses of Physics in society (why Physics?)
  6. Concepts, theories, laws and principles in physics
  7. Jobs for the physicists
  8. Assessment in Physics (theory and practical)
  9. Methods of teaching Physics (e.g. process, inquiry etc)
  10. Lesson plans and lesson notes in Physics
  11. The teaching of electricity and magnetism
  12. The teaching of radioactivity and atomic structure
  13. The teaching of electronics.
  14. Physics teaching aids
  15. Computer - assisted learning in Physics
  16. Gender and Physics
  17. Use of Physics Laboratory - Ordering, Cataloguing, storing of equipment; safety rules and First
  18. Aid, maintenance of equipment,
  19. Design of Physics Laboratory
  20. Micro-teaching
  21. FLHE- Decision making - Communication, Assertiveness, Negotiation and Finding Help.
  22. History of Physics - Galileo, Boyle, Newton
  23. Einstein, Faraday, Von Neumann, James Clark Maxwell, etc.
  24. Emphasis should be on how their contributions revolutionized physics)
  25. The development Physics Education in Nigerian General Science Education Resources for
  26. Motion; energy, light, kinetic theory and waves.
  27. National Policy on Education and the Objectives of Science Education.
  28. The role of Physics in Science Education
  29. FLHE - Human Development - Body care, Body abuse and Drug abuse.
  30. STLs/HIV - Abstinence, Puberty and Self esteem.
  31. NCE III SECOND SEMESTER

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Philosophy of Science:-

Philosophy of Science studies the nature of scientific knowledge, how science explains the world, and how scientific claims are justified. For examination purposes, you should master what makes science distinctive, how observation and theory relate, and why ideas such as hypothesis testing, falsifiability, objectivity, and scientific method matter in evaluating knowledge claims.

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