Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a discussion-list post "Re: The Karlsruhe Physics Course and The German Physical Society" [Hake (2014)]. The abstract reads:
******************************************* ABSTRACT: Corrado Agnes, in his PhysLrnR post "The Karlsruhe Physics Course and The German Physical Society" <http://bit.ly/S6AKbt>, wrote (paraphrasing): "Bad News for Physics Education Research and Teaching. I want to inform you of an amazing and almost unbelievable attack made by the German Physical Society (GPS) against a group of teachers and researchers in physics education, whose only guilt is to teach physics according to the approach of the Karlsruhe Physics Course (KPC). . . . . The basic ideas of the course were explained in 'An up-to-date approach to physics' [Schmid (1984)] <http://bit.ly/1w5fGSG> and 'The Karlsruhe Physics Course' [Herrmann (2000)] at <http://bit.ly/RpLeSz>." Herrmann pointed out that KPC mechanics is based on the interpretation of forces as momentum currents as made by Max Planck (1908) <http://bit.ly/1ihA2yy> and Andrea diSessa (1980) <http://bit.ly/1oj8MqY>. KPC documents are at KPC (2014) <http://bit.ly/1kfI5AA>. ******************************************* To access the complete 45 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/1lMjeRu>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands; President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII); LINKS TO: Academia <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm>; Articles <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>; Blog <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>; Facebook <http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm>; GooglePlus <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE>; Google Scholar <http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3>; Linked In <http://linkd.in/14uycpW>; Research Gate <http://bit.ly/1fJiSwB>; Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M>; Twitter <http://bit.ly/juvd52>. REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 26 May 2014.] Hake, R.R. 2014. "Re: The Karlsruhe Physics Course and The German Physical Society," post of 25 May 2014 19:58:29-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. Online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/1lMjeRu>. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/1tFHM4S> with a provision for comments. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36909 or send a blank email to leave-36909-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
