Conveners
W3-2 Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience (DPE) / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste (DEP)
- Daria Ahrensmeier (Simon Fraser University)
Nathaniel Lasry
(John Abbott College)
15/06/2016, 15:15
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Few pedagogical approaches have been as well documented in physics education research as Peer Instruction as developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University 25 years ago. Peer instruction is an interactive process that takes place in real-time between students in a classroom. However, could Peer Instruction be used asychronously? The utility of asynchronous Peer Instruction is evident for...
Calvin Kalman
(Concordia University)
15/06/2016, 15:30
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Learning about the Nature of Science (NOS) and the History of Science (HOS) has been shown to be highly beneficial to both the study and the practice of science. In particular, students’ conception of science can be improved by including NOS and HOS in the curriculum. However, teaching of NOS and HOS is not always effective: simplistic or erroneous conceptions of science sometimes persist....
Martin Connors
(Athabasca University)
15/06/2016, 16:00
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Although Athabasca University has offered distance education courses in many subjects for over a quarter century, twenty years ago Physics was taught by mailing out printed course materials while requiring students to physically attend onsite labs, some coming from as far away as Texas. A major increase in Physics enrollment took place after we switched to mail-out course material, with home...
Prof.
Andrzej Czajkowski
(University of Ottawa)
15/06/2016, 16:15
Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Under current admission conditions for the Faculty of Science at the University of Ottawa, students entering our faculty need to have equivalents of two advanced math courses (Advanced Functions, and Calculus and Vectors), as well as two of the three 4U science courses (Chemistry, Biology and Physics). At present time, roughly 30% of all admitted students are missing one of them, and it is...
