BBC Bitesize: An Overview Of Digital Teaching Methods

1.1.1 Digital Teaching Tools

1.1.1.1 BBC Bitesize

The image shows a screenshot a current BBC Bitesize page teaching features of waves. BBC Bitesize was one the first digital learning experiences for many students of today, targeting younger students with resources relevant up to GCSE syllabus. The content of this page is for GCSE learning, however the site’s longevity in educating students shows the success of the teaching techniques it uses.

The main body of the website is text based. Accessible to the literate population, text based teaching is universally used both online and in schools and university. Although not ground-breaking, this way of teaching gives the user the freedom to learn in their own way. A text based explanation for Quantum

Most are made from graduate courses, with a background in both Quantum Physics and Particle Physics necessary for basic understanding, particularly of the mathematical functions. Hence, they are generally not as relevant as expected and too complex for what we want to achieve with our website. However, they can give an overview of the main aspects of Field Theory.

Some of the more well-known textbooks that fall in this category are Peskin and Griffiths. The level of both these text books is quite high, however both books overlap in some key areas. For example, both books have chapters on Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Chromodynamics which can certainly be introduced in our website. Feynman diagrams appear frequently and seem to be a key part of QFT, it could be possible to introduce students to them as well as Feynman Rules. More complex methods such as Renormalisation and The Dirac Equation come up repeatedly, however they may be too advanced for our website.

To gain a conceptual introduction to QFT is surprisingly hard to come by. After substantial search, two sources stand

This book takes a more casual approach to teaching, with many analogies to help explain new concepts. Like other textbooks, it is likely written to supplement advanced courses, but they first chapter is certainly assessable and includes some introduction to Fields. When introducing the field, Zee makes an analogy to a mattress as a 2D lattice of connected points. This is a version of a common analogy of Quantum Fields as a lattice of harmonic oscillators. This analogy is certainly one which we should look into visualising on our