Next Thursday (10/10), Dr. Bob Hilborn, the Associate Executive Officer for the American Assoc. of Physics Teachers, will join us to discuss "Results of the Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops".
For the past 23 years, the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Physical Society and the American Astronomical Society have organized and run a series of Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops (NFWs). The goal of the NFWs is to provide productive ways for early career faculty to enhance student learning and attitudes through interactive engagement pedagogies. Since their inception, the workshops have served over 2,500 participants and currently reach about 40% of the all tenure-track hires in physics and astronomy in the U.S. The series has also expanded to include non-tenure track faculty in the NFWs, workshops for experienced faculty and for faculty at HBCUs. Based on feedback, the NFWs have evolved considerably over the years. In this talk, I will review what has been learned and the impact on higher education physics teaching and learning, including comparisons with similar workshops in chemistry, mathematics, the life sciences, and the earth sciences.
This work has been supported by NSF grant 1431638.
Date: Thurs. Oct 10 from 2-3pm
Place: 109 Bessey or via zoom conferencing
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/212107342