A project-based course about outreach in a physics curriculum

We describe an undergraduate course where physics students are asked to conceive an outreach project of their own. The course alternates between the project conception and teachings about pedagogy and outreach, and ends in a public show. We describe its practical implementation and benefits. Through...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2016-04
Hauptverfasser: Bobroff, Julien, Bouquet, Frédéric
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We describe an undergraduate course where physics students are asked to conceive an outreach project of their own. The course alternates between the project conception and teachings about pedagogy and outreach, and ends in a public show. We describe its practical implementation and benefits. Through a student survey and an analysis of their projects, we discuss the merits and flaws of this "learning-by-doing" teaching approach for physics.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1511.00931