Conveners
(M2-8) Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience - DPE / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste - DEP
- Martin Williams (University of Guelph)
Svetlana Barkanova
(Acadia University)
16/06/2014, 15:45
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
We all agree that systematic science outreach in high schools is absolutely imperative. But how should we do it? And perhaps as important, who should be doing it? There may be many benefits for increasing the role of postsecondary students in outreach, such as a smaller age gap and better familiarity with the local high school audiences, but lack of literature in the area highlights the need...
Daria Ahrensmeier
(Simon Fraser University)
16/06/2014, 16:15
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Simon Fraser University, like other universities, has offered an orientation day for teaching assistants for many years. While many of the sessions are aimed at a general audience, physics and other science students usually
consider them to be not very useful. To address their needs, we - two
faculty members and an educational developer - developed a 6-hour
program designed specifically...
16/06/2014, 16:45
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
