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The article is a critique of physics education as currently practised in the UK and elsewhere. In particular it attacks the dominance of Newtonian physics and the overuse of quantitative physics; it discusses the value of practical physics, the changes in pedagogy enabled by new technology and the lack of the affective dimension in physics education arguing for change.
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