Having the JourneyPhysics Education and Transformative Experiences

“The map is not the substitute for a personal experience. The map does not take the place of an actual journey. . . . But the map, a summary, an arranged and orderly view of previous experiences, serves as a guide to future experience”

John Dewey, The Child and the Curriculum

Motivated Use

Expansion of Perception

Experiential Value

Transformative Experience

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Frame Content as Ideas

Scaffold Re-Seeing

Model Transformative Experiences

Teaching for Transformative

Experiences

Frame Content as Ideas

Frame Content as Ideas

Select Content Worth Teaching

Use Compelling Metaphors

Foster Idea-Based AnticipationEmphasize the Experiential Value

Scaffold Re-Seeing

Identify Re-Seeing Opportunities

Use Experientially Anchored Instruction

Use Real-World Updates

Identify

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Experientially Anchored Instruction

Have students identify and share experiences related to the content.

Develop case studies out of the shared experiences.

Have students investigate these case studies.

Real-World

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Model Transformative Experiences