Relevant initiatives

Mainstream physics in vocational secondary schools

University of Latvia

2007-2013

National

No

Teachers' of general subjects competence enhancement involved in vocational education.

State Education Development Agency

2009/0274/1DP/1.2.1.1.2/09IPIA/VIAA/033

Teaching Methodology

Physics

Latvian

Teachers

There are puclished methodological materials in physics subject content and pedagogical process for innovative continuing education at upper secondary level. Paying particular attention to the implementation of mainstream physics in vocational schools where prerequisites are considerably smaller than mainstream schools, there is offered innovative subject content structure, emphasizing the physics of general knowledge on the identification of existing student life experience of its further development chosen profession. Set of materials designed for independent creative activity physics teacher, creating their own innovative programs is the subject of today's secondary schools.
Methodological material formed group of authors from the project Lead Partner - Latvian University and the project partners - University of Liepaja, Daugavpils University and Rezekne Higher Education teachers and didactics sub-doctoral students.

Training tool/book for teaching physics for Latvian teachers. In general, it is an useful learning tool for teachers in the learning process for structuring the learning program, for use as synopsis material in vocational education system lessons, as well in the general education system as an additional learning tool. For teachers, this book can be useful for an interesting role in shaping students' motivation for further interest to the subject matter of physics. The text of this book can be used as a material in students' group work in the analysis of specific topics.

This textbook summarizes information on physics issues in an understandable way, based on practical examples from the students' life experiences that they have understood and customary. Textbook as an additional source of information useful for the general education system, as well as vocational education system. The positive momentum of this training tool is that's simple and understandable way of recital, that enables students motivation to learn physics concepts and regularities. As the synopsis can also be used by science students for repetition of physics questions.

Physics textbooks are often complex. This is a synopsis of the topic in which you can re-read about topics that are not clear.