The Incorporation of Historical Context into Teaching: Student Perception at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Units and Constants

“…On a general note, facilitating learning-in-context of electromagnetics (and perhaps of any other subject) could also possibly offer substantial educational benefi ts, as discussed in [53,54], and as evidenced by the expression of a positive perception of such an approach by students and professors [55,56].…”

Teaching-in-context of Maxwell's displacement current: What do professors and students perceive?

“…Closely in line with this idea, it has been suggested that presenting Maxwell's equations in historical context could 'open up the students' interest in the subject and beyond' [2]. A survey undertaken with students at the first author's university indicated that they shared this perception [3]. While Maxwell's electromagnetic theory is a founding theory of modern physical science, the introduction of displacement current by him formed the foundation of the electromagnetic theory.…”

“…As such a survey would necessarily have such limitations as those outlined in [3], to further corroborate the findings, the survey was also conducted with the participants of the 2009 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC) held in Kolkata, India, that included academics, people from industry and students. Interestingly, the results of the two surveys are consistent with each other.…”

Integration of historical content into engineering teaching: Possible benefits and perceptions

“…Additionally, this approach would be 'fairer to the contributions of the several 978-1-4244-1864-0/07/$25.00 ©2007 IEEE researchers whose works often significantly contribute to a later and much acclaimed theory,' and would possibly 'encourage them to pursue life-long learning.' [8]. Based upon this hypothesis, an attempt has been made to develop Maxwell's equations in a historical perspective [9], and use it in lectures.…”