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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description Teaching and Learning of mechanics for in-service science teachers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Apply the concepts of mechanics to unseen qualitative and quantitative questions 2. Use guided inquiry in teaching mechanics at Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate level 3. To identify and solve conceptual problems students frequently encounter, especially in the area of mechanics 4. Reflect on their learning of mechanics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities UnderpinningsArea and volume, ratio reasoning, graphical and arithmetical reasoning, scaling, interpretation of algebraic statements, language issuesKinematicslocation and instances versus space and time intervals, average an instantaneous velocity, acceleration, graphical interpretation, kinesteticsDynamicsoperational definitions of Newton's Laws, gravitational and inertial mass, free-body diagrams, frictionMechanics topicsForces, Hooke's Law, pressure, density, equilibriumMomentum and energyheat and temperature, impulse and momentum, work and kinetic energy, conservation of energy and momentum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programme or List of Programmes |
GCSED | GCert in Science Education |
GDSED | GDip in Science Education |
MSSED | MSc in Science Education |
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