2014 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2014

Session

(M2-8) Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience - DPE / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste - DEP

M2-8

16 Jun 2014, 15:45

Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

Conveners

(M2-8) Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience - DPE / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste - DEP

• Martin Williams (University of Guelph)

188. Who should be conducting scientific outreach in high schools?

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...

245. TA Orientation Day for Physics Students at SFU - The Design, the Implementation, and Our Observations

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...

349. Round Table: Assessment: what constitutes a "good assessment"

16/06/2014, 16:45

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