Conveners
R2-4 Curriculum Development and Revitalization (DPE) / Développement et revitalisation des programmes (DEP)
- Patricia Mitchler (Balmoral Hall School)
Nathaniel Lasry
(John Abbott College)
6/18/15, 1:45 PM
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Physics education research (PER) is a blooming field with a widespread research agenda spanning through several orders of magnitude, from micro-cognitive processes happening in a few tens of milliseconds to the expertise achieved in 10 000+ hours. Although the number of PER researchers in Canada is growing along with the interest and demand from physics educators, individual PER researchers...
Daria Ahrensmeier
(Simon Fraser University)
6/18/15, 2:15 PM
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
When students start their graduate studies, they face new challenges: managing their time between course work, research and teaching, learning new skills such as reading research papers and writing research proposals, or dealing with difficult undergrads in their tutorial.
Since all our new graduate students are affected by these issues to some degree, in 2012 the SFU Physics Department...
Dr
Philip Langill
(University of Calgary)
6/18/15, 2:45 PM
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
There are many pedagogical and logistical challenges in the delivery of the large ~1000 student introductory physics course, for non-physics majors. Logistical challenges are best addressed with a little better planning and a lot more funding and manpower. The challenge of creating and administering an effective exam usually relies a little on funding and a lot on planning. This...
