Conveners
Session on Physics Education and Outreach
- Mina Katramatou (Kent State University)
Session on Physics Education and Outreach
- Mina Katramatou (Kent State University)
Efforts by the United States Physics Departments to improve their Undergraduate Physics Programs and Curricula, and to increase the number of B.S. degrees awarded, as initiated by the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics and the American Association of Physics teachers will be presented. Recent efforts to modernize the undergraduate program and curriculum of the...
"The European Researchers' Night: concepts and impact" -
Dr George Fanourakis -
Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR "Demokritos", Greece
Abstract: The European Researchers' Nights is a European instrument to allow the general public, whichever their age and background, to meet researchers and consequently get informed about the importance and the benefits of Scientific...
This talk describes a small-scale piece of research using concept mapping to elicit A Level students’ understandings of particle physics, a paper about which was published in Physics Education (52). Fifty-nine Year 12 (16- and 17-year-old) students from two London schools participated. The exercise took place during school physics lessons. Students were instructed how to make a concept map and...
The Hellenic Open University Cosmic Ray Telescope consists of three autonomous stations installed at the University Campus in the city of Patras in western Greece. Each station comprises three large (1 square meter) plastic scintillators and a Codalema type RF antenna detecting Extensive Air Showers originating from primary particles with an energy threshold of 10 TeV. The construction of the...
The “open online education” paradigm is challenging the future role of Universities, open or conventional, as well as that of their faculty members. Some say that large traditional universities will have the fate of the dinosaurs, unless they adapt quickly to the new environment. This issue has been at the heart of a debate among faculty, administrators and students in Greek universities,...
