Speaker
Sachiko Tosa
(Niigata University)
Description
A peer mentoring system for helping college physics faculty members improve their teaching towards active-learning styles was implemented in Japan. Peer mentoring provides faculty members with opportunities to observe different ways of teaching physics and to receive advises from their peers. The results indicate that the peer mentoring system raises their motivation towards improving their teaching. Furthermore, the results indicate that teaching effectiveness towards active learning seems to be dependent on topics. The topic-dependence of teaching is further discussed in the presentation.
| Education level | Pre-service and in-service teacher education |
|---|---|
| Physics topic | Full curriculum |
| Research focus | Active learning |
| Research method | Mixed method (qualitative & quantitative) |
| Organizing preference criteria | Research focus |
Author
Sachiko Tosa
(Niigata University)
Co-author
Prof.
Haruko Uematsu
(Tokyo Gakugei University)