Peer learning in large classes: a possible challenge

Scientific literature suggests that the adoption of active teaching methods improves student learning in introductory Physics courses of so-called STEM faculties. Consequently, the ST2 educational research laboratory of the Polytechnic of Milan has developed an innovative educational strategy, based on the integration of traditional lessons and an active methodology which overall is called peer learning. The results obtained, both in terms of improvement of conceptual understanding and pass rates of the final exams of the course, seem to confirm the effectiveness of this teaching approach.

SPEAKER:
Dr. eng. Matteo Bozzi, Department of Physics, Polytechnic of Milan

Upcoming events scheduled

Teaching4Learning@UNIPD - Initiatives and experiences to innovate physics teaching in scientific degree courses

15/11/2023 h. 11.30

Aula della Specola, Via Zamboni 33

prof. Ornella Pantano: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padua

ABSTRACT
During the seminar, the various initiatives and experiences activated at the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Padua will be presented to innovate physics teaching both within the degree courses relating to the Department and in service physics teaching in other scientific study courses. One of the objectives of these initiatives is the creation of a Faculty Learning Community of Physics teachers which over time supports the progressive transformation of teachings into an active and student-centered modality. The ultimate aim is to promote both the academic success of male and female students and the development of their disciplinary and transversal skills for better integration into the world of work inside and outside the university.

Innovative educational paths between modern physics, art and history of physics

28/11/2023 h. 14.00

Forensic Medicine Room, Via Irnerio 49

prof. Francesca Monti: Department of Computer Science, University of Verona

ABSTRACT
In this seminar I will illustrate the structure and contents of some innovative educational paths developed at the University of Verona, also in the context of collaborations with various research groups in teaching and history of Physics, which range from applied physics to the study of the works of art to introduce fundamental concepts of optics, to the use of thermal imaging cameras to introduce the concepts of energy, heat and temperature; from statistical mechanics to introduce the universal meaning of the quantum of action through the Sackur-Tetrode equation, to the first measurement of the electric charge of the electron as a case study to highlight the role of history in the teaching of Physics.