2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

Session

(DPE) T1-5

T1-5

23 Jun 2026, 10:15

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

834. Piloting Inquiry-Based Learning in First-Year Physics for Engineers

Eamonn Corrigan (McMaster University)

23/06/2026, 10:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

Curriculum change within universities is usually slow and incremental. In contrast, Physics Education Research has matured rapidly over the past decades, giving us clear evidence about which pedagogies reliably improve student learning. The gap between what we know and what is routinely implemented in practice is often wide and continues to grow.

PHYSICS 1D03/1E03, the first year mechanics...

563. Is there space for poetry in the physics classroom?

Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez (University of New Brunswick)

23/06/2026, 10:45

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

Numerous educators have successfully integrated poetry in the high-school and undergraduate classroom to teach subjects across STEM, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, biology, and in medical education. However, with the notable exception of courses like “astronomy for poets,” the poetic impulse is less prominent among physicists. Paul Dirac famously argued that “the aim of...

493. Construction de l'esprit scientifique par l'apprentissage des lois physiques: mauvais rôle de l'intelligence artificiel

Loïc NGOU ZEUFO (Cégep Beauce-Appalaches)

23/06/2026, 11:00

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

L’enseignement des lois régissant des phénomènes physiques se heurte à des représentations et perceptions qui freinent le développement de l’esprit scientifique des apprenants. En effet, les conceptions des apprenants ne sont pas généralement prises en compte dans le processus enseignement-apprentissage. Lorsqu’elles sont prises en compte, elles sont comme des erreurs à corriger ou à détruire...

556. Learning By Doing: Physics of Pilates

Tetyana Antimirova (Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University))

23/06/2026, 11:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

By treating the body as a mechanical system, this interactive workshop invites participants to examine how forces and torques manifest themselves during popular Pilates low-impact exercises that most students are already familiar with and therefore can relate to. Workshop participants will develop an intuitive understanding of center of mass and the equilibrium concepts. The full scope of the...