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Understanding Physics
Written for GCSE Physics, this text develops physical concepts and principles in an imaginative and methodical manner. It includes graded questions at the end of each chapter and extension material is provided for the more able candidate.
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Robin Millar
23 booksProfessor Robin Millar is a member of the Department of Education at the University of York, England.
He came to York in 1982, after 8 years teaching physics and general science in schools in the Edinburgh area. Before that he had graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge (Part II in Theoretical Physics), done a PhD in Medical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, and trained as a science teacher at Moray House College.
He is Chair of the Departmental Research Committee, and he has directed (or co-directed) several large science education projects, most recently as co-ordinator of the Evidence-based Practice in Science Education Research Network, which was part of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme.
He has been involved in several major curriculum development projects, including Salters Science, Salters Horners Advanced Physics, AS-level Science for Public Understanding and A-level Science in Society. He co-directs the Twenty First Century Science project, which has developed a suite of GCSE courses with a scientific literacy core, designed to provide a more flexible set of options for schools and students.
He came to York in 1982, after 8 years teaching physics and general science in schools in the Edinburgh area. Before that he had graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge (Part II in Theoretical Physics), done a PhD in Medical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, and trained as a science teacher at Moray House College.
He is Chair of the Departmental Research Committee, and he has directed (or co-directed) several large science education projects, most recently as co-ordinator of the Evidence-based Practice in Science Education Research Network, which was part of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme.
He has been involved in several major curriculum development projects, including Salters Science, Salters Horners Advanced Physics, AS-level Science for Public Understanding and A-level Science in Society. He co-directs the Twenty First Century Science project, which has developed a suite of GCSE courses with a scientific literacy core, designed to provide a more flexible set of options for schools and students.
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