musical the previous year. En route to their lockers the students debrief from their typical physics lesson which this time introduced Kirkoff’s Voltage and Current laws. Timothy: Do you think the oval will be open at lunch today? There has been a lot of rain. Simon: I hope so, I need to use some energy after that last class. Were you bored? Timothy: Simon: No, not bored. It was interesting It was just a really hard class this time. I understood – the words, but I just don’t get what we were trying to learn. Were you able to do all of those problems? This surprises Timothy completely – he found nothing difficult about the last hour. It took some thinking, but all he had to do was apply what their teacher was saying and everything seemed like it fell into place. Even more so, he had been sitting next to Simon and Simon had given no indication of struggling with understanding. Timothy: Yeah, I didn’t think it was too bad... Timothy realised that he didn’t want to suggest that Simon was unintelligent. ...but you know physics can be hard to understand. What about it did you find hard? – Simon: You could understand that? How! What is the secret? I don’t know what was hard but I – guess you are right physics is hard! – What is the secret? How might we explain this scene which has been experienced and witnessed by so many in science education?
musical the previous year. En route to their lockers the students debrief from their typical physics lesson which this time introduced Kirkoff’s Voltage and Current laws. Timothy: Do you think the oval will be open at lunch today? There has been a lot of rain. Simon: I hope so, I need to use some energy after that last class. Timothy: Were you bored? Simon: No, not bored. It was interesting – It was just a really hard class this time. I understood the words, but I just don’t get what we were trying to learn. Were you able to do all of those problems? This surprises Timothy completely – he found nothing difficult about the last hour. It took some thinking, but all he had to do was apply what their teacher was saying and everything seemed like it fell into place. Even more so, he had been sitting next to Simon and Simon had given no indication of struggling with understanding. Timothy: Yeah, I didn’t think it was too bad... Timothy realised that he didn’t want to suggest that Simon was unintelligent. ...but you know – physics can be hard to understand. What about it did you find hard? Simon: You could understand that? How! What is the secret? I don’t know what was hard – but I guess you are right – physics is hard! What is the secret? How might we explain this scene which has been experienced and witnessed by so many in science education?