[Sci-tech-public] IAP event: Panel Discussion on Physics Teaching

[David Kaiser]

Hello, all,

You are all cordially invited to attend a panel discussion this 
coming Wednesday, 26 January:

Teaching Physics Since WWII: A Panel Discussion
Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes won by MIT physics professors, 
but do you know how the department invented and reinvented new 
approaches to introductory physics? Every MIT undergraduate takes 
physics, and while some of the basic experiments haven't changed in 
150 years, the way the class is taught has been revolutionized. The 
last 60 years have seen the most dramatic of these changes to the 
landscape of physics education.

Come listen to some of the pioneers in this field engage in a 
discussion moderated by Deborah Douglas, MIT Museum Curator of 
Science and Technology. Anthony French and John Belcher (Dept. of 
Physics) will discuss MIT's contributions to physics education from 
the era of Jerrold Zacharias to today's "Active Learning" approach to 
education. David Kaiser (Program in Science, Technology, and Society 
and Dept. of Physics) will provide a historical overview, linking the 
series of events affecting physics classrooms between WWII and the 
present day.
Free with Museum admission
3:00 - 4:30pm


best,
Dave

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David Kaiser		dikaiser at mit.edu
Associate Professor
Program in Science, Technology, & Society
and Lecturer, Department of Physics
Building E51-185
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone: 617 452-3173	Fax: 617 258-8118