3 EC
Semester 1 & 2, period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
5354PHEP3Y
| Owner | Master Physics and Astronomy (joint degree) |
| Coordinator | G.J. Kuik |
| Part of | Master Physics and Astronomy, year 1 |
A Physics Education Project (PEP) offers students the opportunity to learn something about teaching and didactics from a practical mindset. It is more than teaching tutorials or a laboratory course but it is possible to link a physics education project to a TA position.
A PEP should be linked to any physics (undergraduate) course offered at UvA, VU or AUC. In consultation with the coordinator and/or teaching staff of a particular course and the teaching staff of the PEP (David Fokkema, Jonas Veenstra and/or Gerrit Kuik) a project should be defined, which should (a) address needs of the course concerned and its teaching staff, and (b) contain a didactical research component. For some projects implementation could include some teaching (e.g. to try out educational materials developed), but this is not necessarily the case. Sometimes (particularly with laboratory courses) it will be convenient to become a teaching assistant, which makes it easier to test project outcomes in practice. Educational materials that are developed under projects must be tested with students, evaluated and revised.
At the start of the project it is the student's responsibility to define the project description. During the implementation of the project weekly meetings will be held with a PEP teaching staff member and with the courses teaching staff as needed.
Examples of PEPs can be found at http://www.nat.vu.nl/~gerritk/Files/PEP.html
Leren (en) doceren in het hoger onderwijs by A.J. Kallenberg e.a., ISBN-13: 9789051894882 (will be made available)
Background reading materials will be made available.
To obtain insights in teaching and didactical aspects of physics concepts and/or physics laboratory experiments.
Coaching of students is offered through individual meetings on a weekly basis with a PEP teaching staff member and in addition upon request of the students. Meetings with course staff members will be scheduled as needed.
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Activity |
Hours |
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Self study and work independently Feedback meetings |
60-150
24-38 |
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Total |
84-168 |
(3 or 6 EC x 28 uur) |
Requirements concerning attendance (OER-B).
Additional requirements for this course:
None
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Final grade | |
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100% Assessment is based on the educational materials developed and a final report with the reflection of the PEP. |
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
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The Physics Education Projects can be taken only from period 1 to 4.