ORGANIZING EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALTERNATING CURRENTS, PHYSICS 12 FOR STUDENTS

Abstract

In general education program after 2018 in Vietnam, experiential activities, especially in terms of career, is an obligatory education content for all students from grade 1 to 12. However, experiential activities are not assigned to specialized teachers to be in charge of. Instead, it is the responsibility of the subject teachers. Nevertheless, to most teachers, experiential activities are still a new method for them. This article proposes a design process for experiential activities in teaching physics in general school. From that, a design procedure is applied in creating three experiential activities to strengthen knowledge about alternating current in Physics Grade 12. Those activities are: Activity 1: Understanding the situation, proposing solutions and evaluating the solution's effectiveness in use of household electrical appliances; Activity 2: Experiencing first aid process after an electric shock; Activity 3: wrapping one core word E, I transformers, and measuring the parameters. Experimental results show that experiential activities have formed and developed the capacity to solve practical problems and students’ creativity.