PHY 387 Teaching Internship II, Pedagogy and Group Leadership

Semester: Spring
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: PHY 386 or proof of attending the two-day teaching internship training program.

This course is designed as the second follow-up course for an experienced Workshop Leader, Laboratory or Recitation Teaching Intern who plans to use this experience to fulfill part of the requirements for the Citation for achievement in College Leadership. The TI is expected to attend the weekly Leader Training meeting which offers specialized support and feedback, as well as training/seminars to develop leadership skills, foster ongoing communication among faculty members and TIs, and to provide an environment for review of study group related issues. Students spend the semester teaching one workshop, lab or recitation section during the Spring semester introductory physics courses: PHY 114, PHY 121, PHY143. Additional requirements are: Attendance of weekly content meetings with supervising professor, giving feedback to other leaders in a constructive evaluation process and a project designed in concert with the supervising professor and the PHY 387 instructor. (Course is similar to CAS 355).

Students must formally submit an application form available at http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/education/special/

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syllabus

Readings from: A Handbook for Team Leaders, Roth, Goldstein, and Marcus, Prentice Hall, 2001 and other handouts
Meeting 1: Organization, Advice for newcomers from experienced leaders
Meeting 2: Motivation
Meeting 3: Review of first meeting of workshops/labs/recitations
Meeting 4: Debriefing about last workshop/lab/recitation,
Meeting 5: Debriefing, Algorithmic and conceptual understanding
Meeting 6: Debriefing, Guest speaker
Meeting 7: Debriefing, Review/discussion of mid-term evaluations
Meeting 8: Debriefing, „A Private Universe‰, Teaching for conceptual change
Meeting 9: Debriefing, Guest speaker
Meeting 10: Debriefing, Teams
Meeting 11: Debriefing, Guest speaker
Meeting 12: Debriefing, Guest speaker
Meeting 13: Debriefing, Project presentations

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