A day to explore new teaching ideas, collaborate with peers, and strengthen our physics-education community. Events include: • Research talks • Hands-on microteaching • Demo showcase • Lunch provided • Panel on The Future of Physics Education with: Dr. Carl Wieman, Dr. Donna Stickland, Dr. Martin Williams, and Dr. Shohini Ghose
Registration (includes lunch and snacks): Regular (non-student) $50, Student $25. Full day registration closes Monday, April 27th.
McMaster University’s Department of Physics & Astronomy is excited to host our first Physics Education Research and Practice Symposium. The day will begin with a keynote address from Nobel Laureate Dr. Carl Wieman and end with a panel discussion featuring Dr. Wieman, Nobel Laureate Dr. Donna Strickland (Waterloo), NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering Dr. Shohini Ghose (Laurier), and CAP Teaching Medalist and Past-President Dr. Martin Williams (Guelph). The day will also feature invited talks from Dr. Ania Harlick (Toronto), Dr. Michael Massa (Guelph), and Dr. Eamonn Corrigan (McMaster), as well as exciting contributed talks/workshops and discussions.
For more information about our speakers, click here.
Michael Massa – Implementing computation across the undergraduate physics curriculum
Lightning Talks*
Aaron Slepkov – Inverted exam marking: Pedagogical subversion or grade erosion?
Matthew George – Teach a first-year physics course in 3 weeks? What could go wrong?
Mark Baker and Karnav Raval – Using AI to generate feedback to written submissions in large introductory physics classes
Panelists: Carl Wieman, Donna Strickland, Shohini Ghose, Martin Williams
Moderator: Robert Cockcroft
*Lightning Talks
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