The art of learning physics…

‘Learning is personal’ & ‘Learning happens slowly’. Physics is an experimental science. Such skills can be developed by asking questions. Questioning on how things are happening around us can help us explore a lot and get involved with the subject. The sources to learn physics are books, colleges(also other educational institutions) and lectures. Be a critic while you read a book. Avoid accepting what the author says blindly. Explore a lot by finding other ways to solve problems in the book. Solving problems are the basic need to become a noble laureate. Noble laureates and scientists solve open questions whereas the problems in book have solutions. Lectures play an important role in learning physics. Jotting down the questions that arise on seeing the topic of the lecture before attending the lecture helps to a great extent as this makes the lecture as an event of answering our questions. Guessing the sub-topics that are going to be discussed by the lecturer by doing a small research on it also helps. More accurate the guess, more stronger we are in the subject. Though we take notes during the lecture ,summarizing the lecture in our own words helps us retain the points. Learning something cannot be achieved by compulsion. Teachers are guides to show the path and not to drag us through the path. Ultimately the learners(students) are blamed even if the teacher fails to inculcate interest in the subject. It is not advisable to come to a conclusion that one cannot solve a particular problem if his/her teacher couldn’t do so. Be a scientist in the lab during lab sessions conducted in colleges or schools. Question yourself on all the possible outcomes and find answers to it. Filling tabulations and fetching marks never make us aware of the beauty of the subject.