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Title: Shifting the power boundaries in a physics class
Authors: Taylor, Dale (University of Cape Town) 
Keywords: ECP classroom;Physics;Power differential;Power boundaries
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Cape Peninsula University of Technology Fundani, Centre for Higher Education Development
Source: Taylor, D. 2018. Shifting the power boundaries in a physics class. In: Coleman, L. (ed.), Teaching in extended programmes in South Africa: classroom contexts, lecturer identities and teaching practices. [online] Cape Town: Fundani, Centre for Higher Education Development Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa, pp.37 - 45. Available at: http://teachinginecp.com
Project: Writing to Learn action research project 
Abstract: In this chapter the author offers an honest interrogation of how the powerful status of Physics as a discipline creates a relational and lower power differential for students. Her goal in her ECP classroom is to subvert these imposed power boundaries. She presents an analysis of how through her teaching practices she has been able to offer students a different view into the discipline and also shifts the way in which they understand the discipline and the role of the teacher in their classroom.
Description: Chapter in book
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11189/7035
ISBN: 978-0-6399647-5-1
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