Doc. RNDr. Leoš Dvořák, CSc. |
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* 31. 8. 1952, Prague, Czech Republic |
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RNDr. 1976 |
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CSc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) 1982 in theoretical physics, thesis Stationary axially symmetric perturbation of Reissner-Nordström black hole, in Czech |
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Doc. (Assoc.Prof.) 1996, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague habil. thesis Perturbations of black holes and the education of theoretical physics supported by a computer, in Czech |
Deputy Head of Department of Physics Education,
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Charles University in Prague
Dept.of Physics Education, Faculty of Math.and Physics,
V Holesovickach 2, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
phone: +420 22191 2409
fax: +420 22191 2406
mail: Leos.Dvorak@mff.cuni.cz
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Lectures aimed to needs of future physics teachers: |
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Special seminars for future physics teachers (with I. Koudelkova): |
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Problems in Physics Education, Selected Experiments for Future Physics
Teachers, General Relativity, Programming, etc.) |
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evolved from: |
General relativity (namely perturbation of black holes) |
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Computers in physics education (especially modelling in physics education) |
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to: |
Physics education (in general) |
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In last years I am particularly interested in: |
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- low cost experiments and how they can be combined with theory - projects that can be organized at spring and summer camps for students - projects and
activities that can improve both pre-service and in-service training of
physics teachers |
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Personal note: The question I perceive as most important and I would like to contribute to solve is: |
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How to improve physics education? (Especially, but not only, the pre-service and in-service training of physics teachers.) |
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| And my motto concerning these aims: | |
| "It is better to lit a small candle than to damn darkness."
(Confucius) |
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All professional life is connected with Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague:
| 1975-1978: | “aspirant” (Ph.D. student), Dept. of Mathematical Physics |
| 1978-1986: | senior lecturer, Dept. of Physics Education |
| 1986-1997: | senior lecturer and lector, Dept. of Theoretical Physics |
| 1997-1999: | assoc. professor, Dept. of Physics Education |
| since 1999: | head of Dept. of Physics Education |
| for a long time: | member of the Union of Czech Physicists and Mathematicians |
| since 2002: | member of the National Committee of the Union |
| since 2000: | member of the Czech National Steering Committee of European programs Physics On Stage I, II, III, then Science On Stage |
| 2002-03: | chairman of that committee (then vice-chairman) |
| since 2001: | member of the Editorial Board of Czech journal
Pokroky MFA (Advancement of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy) |
| 1973 - mid 1980’s: | organization of “Physics clubs” for high-school students
(afterwards the clubs are organized by younger colleagues and students) |
| 1987: | initiator of “Physics correspondence seminar” for high-school students
(with D. Vokrouhlicky; after several years the organization was also passed to younger colleagues and students; the seminar still exists) |
| 1988-1992: | development of computational and modeling system Famulus
(with T. Ledvinka and M. Sobotka; Famulus was awarded by two “Crystal Disc” at the international exhibition INVEX Computer '91) |
| 1980’s – 2003: | organization of
Summer Math.-Phys. Camps for high school
students. (At first organization of a scientific program, in 1999-2003 main organizer of the camp; then the organization was again passed to a younger generation. The camp exists and evolves further.) |
| since 1997: | organization of a
Spring Camps for future
physics teachers (at first with I. Koudelkova, then with Z. Broklova and others). |
| since 1999: | participation at an informal
project Heureka for Czech physics
teachers (initiated by I. Koudelkova and B. Bily in about 1992 as an activity for small group of people; since 2000 it evolved into the project comprising more than 15 weekend seminars per year and other activities with about 80 active participants) |
| 2000-2002: | initiator and co-founder of a web server "Fyzweb" aimed at physics teachers, students at schools and all people interested in physics (with Ph.D. student J. Houfkova; the server still exists and evolves) |
| 2003: | The head of Czech delegation at the final event
Focus On Teachers of Physics On Stage II (April 2003, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands) |
| 2005-2006: | coordinator of a university project “Program of further professional in-service training of teachers at Charles University in Prague” |
| + other activities: | other projects aimed at pre- and in-service training of
physics teachers, activities aimed at popularization of physics (3-times participation in TV in “Call the Teacher”), activities in “Science in Streets” event in 2005, lectures with experiments for physics teachers, simple experiments in acoustics and waves for high school students, etc. |
| 2000: | member of organizing committee of 3rd IOSTE Symposium for Central and East European Countries) Prague, 15.-18. 7. 2000 |
| 2000, 2002 and 2005: | the chair of program and organizing committee of the national conference Fair of inventions of Physics Teachers 5, 7 and 10 |
| since 2002: | organization of annual conferences of the Heureka project (with I. Koudelková and Z. Polák; see reports from conferences 2004 and 2005 in Physics Education) |
| 2004: | GIREP conference, Ostrava: Physics – not only with chalk and blackboard |
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The adapted version of this talk was presented as “on-stage presentation” at final event of European program Science on Stage, CERN, November 2005 |
| 2005: | GIREP seminar, Ljubljana: Informal Physics Education and Teachers’ Training – Some Examples and Experiences |
Older publications:
Bičák J., Dvořák.L: Stationary electromagnetic fields around black holes. I. General solutions and the fields of some special sources near a Schwarzschild black hole. Czech.J.Phys.B27 (1977), 127-147.
Bičák J., Dvořák.L: Stationary electromagnetic fields around black holes. II. General solutions and the fields of some special sources near the Kerr black hole. Gen.Rel.Grav.7 (1976), 959-983.
Bičák J., Dvořák.L: Stationary electromagnetic fields around black holes. III. General solutions and the fields of some special sources near the Reissner-Nordström black hole. Phys.Rev. D22 (1980), 2933-2940.
Dvořák L.: Obecná teorie relativity a moderní fyzikální obraz vesmíru. (General relativity and modern physics picture of a cosmos, student textbook, in Czech), SPN, Prague 1984, 412 p.
Dvořák L.: Famulus 3.5. User Guide. Famulus Etc., Prague 1993, 315 p. (+ other manuals to the system Famulus /partly with M. Sobotka and T. Ledvinka/, in Czech, more than thousand pages altogether)
Dvořák L., Květoň K.: Famulus: a tool and an environment for computation, modelling and other tasks in research, engineering and CAE. In: Proccedings of the International Conference CBLIS '93, Vienna, Dec. 1993. Ed.: P.M.Nobar, W.Kaintz. p.51-56.
Dvořák L.: Interactive Mechanics - A Pilot Project of a new Educational Package for Famulus System. In: Proceedings of Calisce '94, TELECOM-Paris, France. Ed.: J-L.Dessalles, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications - Paris 1994. p.87-92
Dvořák L.: On the Road To Hrastice Tables. In: Sborník konference Science and Technology Education in New Millenium (3rd IOSTE Symposium for Central and East European Countires) Prague, 15.-18.7.2000) Ed.: Šulcová R., PERES Publishers, Prague 2000, p.238-242
(+ more than 80 articles, reports etc. in Czech)
Articles since 2001:
Dvořák L., Houfková J.: Physics Web for Everybody. In: Proceedings of the International Conference CBLIS 01, Brno 2001, Ed. Chapman G.M., Pedag.Faculty of Univ.of Ostrava, 2001, E5 (8p.)
Dvořák L.: „By one’s own hands and head: - Physics summer camps for secondary school students and for future teachers of physics. In: Focus On Teachers. Physics On Stage 2 Project Summaries. (SP-504) ESTEC-European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlads 2002, p.61-63
Koudelková I., Dvořák L.: Heureka: Hands- and Minds-on Physics at School. In: Teaching and Learning Physics in New Context. Proceedings of the conference GIREP 2004, Ostrava, July 2004, Ed.: Mechlová E., Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, 2004, p.209-210
Dvořák L.: Hands- and Minds-on Physics for All. In: Teaching and Learning Physics in New Context. Proceedings of the conference GIREP 2004, Ostrava, July 2004, Ed.: Mechlová E., Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, 2004, p.211-212
Dvořák L.: Physics … not only with Chalk and Blackboard…. In: Teaching and Learning Physics in New Context. Proceedings of the conference GIREP 2004, Ostrava, July 2004, Ed.: Mechlová E., Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, 2004, p.49-51
Dvořák L.: Informal Physics Education and Teachers’ Training – Some Examples and Experiences. In: Proceedings of GIREP seminar „Informal Learning and Understanding of Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5.-10.9.2005. Ed. Planinšič G., in press
(Complete bibliography since 2001 includes more than 30 articles in Czech.)
Editor of proceedings:
(in Czech)
Veletrh nápadů učitelů fyziky 7 (Fair of Inventions of Physics Teachers 7, in Czech) Prague 2002. Ed.: Svoboda E., Dvořák L., Prometheus, Prague, 2002, 215 p.
Veletrh nápadů učitelů fyziky 10 (Fair of Inventions of Physics Teachers 10, in Czech) Prague 2005. Ed.: Dvořák L. , Prometheus, Prague, 2006, 238 p.
Veletrh nápadů pro fyzikální vzdělávání (Fair of Inventions for Physics Education, in Czech). “Superproceedings” of selected contribution from first 9 years of the conference Fair of Inventions of Physics Teachers on CD-ROM. (Equivalent to > 1470 pages.) Ed. Dvořák L., Broklová Z. Prometheus, Prague 2005. Available also on web (in Czech).
Dílny Heuréky 2003-2004 (Heureka Workshops 2003-2004, in Czech) Nachod 2003 and 2004. Ed.: Dvořák L. , Prometheus, Prague, 2005, 154 p.
Dílny Heuréky 2005 (Heureka Workshops 2005, in Czech) Nachod 2005. Ed.: Dvořák
L. , Prometheus, Prague, 2006 (in press), 148 p.
