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The theme of the World Conference on Physics Education (WCPE) 2012 is "Context, Culture, and Representations." In this talk I present a brief outline of a theoretical framework that allows discussion of these three topical issues using a model based in psychology and sociology: the resources framework. The framework brings together a model of individual behavior based on brain function with a model of how the behavior of an individual is controlled by the individual's perception of the social context they find themselves in. This control process is the process I refer to as "framing". In the paper I give three experiments that the reader can carry out for themselves that illustrate the basic principles of the framework. I then discuss a number of specific examples showing how framing can have powerful effects leading to context dependence and cultural responses at a variety of levels and grain sizes. One such is the impact of differences between the epistemological stances of physics and biology on the creation of a reformed physics class for biology students.
This was the keynote address at the 2012 WCPE Conference in Istanbul. The link takes users to a free-access version of the talk.
World Conference on Physics Education 2012
Istanbul, Turkey: July 1-6 , 2012
Pages 22
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=16487">Redish, Edward F.. "The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences." Paper presented at the World Conference on Physics Education 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1-6 , 2012.</a>
E. Redish, , presented at the World Conference on Physics Education 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012, WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1207.4840).
E. Redish, The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences, presented at the World Conference on Physics Education 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012, <https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1207.4840>.
Redish, E. (2012, July 1-6 ). The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences. Paper presented at World Conference on Physics Education 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1207.4840
Redish, Edward F.. "The role of context and culture in teaching physics: The implication of disciplinary differences." Paper presented at the World Conference on Physics Education 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1-6 , 2012. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1207.4840 (accessed 13 February 2025).
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