Course Identification

Title:

Physics module: Final project in physics education

Code:

20236053

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yaron Lehavi, Dr. Eran Kaplan

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2023

Semester:

Full Year

When / Where:

Tuesday, 14:15 - 16:00

First Lecture:

18/10/2022

End date:

18/07/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Seminar; Obligatory; Regular; 3.00 points

Comments

למסיימי שנה א: ביצוע המעבדה וכתיבת החלק הראשון של העבודה

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

12

Other:

For MSc students only

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

30%

Assignments:

30%

Seminar:

20%

Final:

20%

עבודת גמר: סיכום החלק המדעי

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

The Seminar will assemble the following three complementary parts:

Presentations of contemporary research in physics teaching by members of the Science Teaching department.
Meetings and preparations with the scientist-advisors who lead the final projects.
Reporting and discussing the progress of the project's development by the participating students and lecturers.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course- students should be able to:

Produce a complete project that covers a research subject with its implications to physics education (e.g. a paper published in the Israeli journal of physics teachers; a set of activities for students; teachers' workshop, etc.).
Present and discuss their project in a lucid way in front of a professional audience.

Reading List

According to the project's subject

Website

N/A