Conveners
R2-2 Engaging students (DPE) / Implication d'étudiants(es) (DEP)
- Patricia Mitchler (Canadian Association of Physicists)
This is a report on a project to interview the student body of the Concordia University Physics Department concerning teacher-students interaction. The goal of this research is to establish an easily implemented guideline of teaching methods for a professor to use in the classroom. Students were asked to complete a questionnaire that included a request to describe the teaching style of their...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the physical distancing requirements, high school classrooms in Quebec had to switch to a half in-person and a half-online attendance. With very few studies examining this education model at the high school level, this study aims to investigate the teacher and student response, as well as observe its impact on student engagement within the physics...
Changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged educators at all levels. While the University experience has not been ideal, our classes benefited from platforms like Zoom already being in place and virtual labs already having been available to us. Elementary and secondary school students have had to overcome much more uncertainty and more severe obstacles. The need for outreach...
