"PHYSICS WITH PURPOSE" SEMINAR

I attended a seminar at the 2004 AAPT summer meeting entitled Teaching Physics with Purpose: Considering the Social Consequences of Teaching. A large portion of the seminar was spent reflecting on our own role and the impact we have as teachers in creating social environments. We considered how the environment we created influenced student behavior, student learning, as well as how it fit within the larger social contexts of the institution of school and the community. I came away from the seminar with a greater appreciation for the impact I could have on my students on both a personal as well as a societal level. A description of the seminar is attached below.

Phys w-purpose.pdf