The Material Classroom: Teaching, research, and the struggle for public education.

From Material Encounter to Democratic Scientific Inquiry This presentation describes an eleventh-grade physics course grounded in critical learning theory. The goal is not simply to add digital activities to a traditional course, but to connect physical investigation, mathematical modeling, collaborative inquiry, and critical reflection. Jupyter Notebooks and Voilà are the central digital tools, supported by simulations, data-collection applications, and current physics resou

My recent learning has led me to a false dichotomy. I have a much more critical attitude toward educational technology while also being totally convinced that young people need broad access to powerful modern technologies as part of a meaningful education. These positions are not contradictory. There is a difference between education organized around technology and technology placed at the service of human beings. The starting point must always be the human factor: the learne

What Changes and What Remains Constant? In this learning center, learners investigate collisions using video observations, simulations, computational models, and an authentic space-science application.