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 Ontario 
Association of Physics Teachers  | |
 
Workshop by Joe Redish
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Tours
Friday 28 May, in the afternoon.
| Participants may select either the Workshop by Joe Redish, or one of the Tours, described below. | ||
Workshop 
by Joe Redish  | Max 25  | |
Research 
Based Pedagogies: Beyond Concepts  | Workshop | |
The 
idea is that conceptual knowledge is only the first step of helping a novice student 
become an expert. Students not only have misconceptions about how the physical 
world behave, they have misconceptions about the nature of scientific knowledge 
and what one has to do to obtain it. For many students, these misconceptions are 
fatal, causing them to run into a brick wall when the science gets more sophisticated, 
and leading to their dropping out. Can we do anything about this? Are there pedagogical 
techniques that can begin to help bring students around? Fortunately, the answer 
is yes, but to employ them, we have to become more sophisticated about learning 
to think about how students think.   | ||
Number 
  | Tours 
1:30 - 4:30 pm  | Max  | 
1  | Ontario 
Power Generation Darlington Nuclear Power Station. All participants must have photo id with them. A bus will be used to transport this group. Must arrive by 2:00 pm.  | |
2  | Wind 
Turbine Tour, Pickering.  All participants must have photo id with them. A bus will be used to transport this group. Must arrive by 2:00 pm.  | Unlimited  | 
3  | Canadian 
Regional Engineering Centre A great opportunity to see technological advancements for the automotive industry. Transportation by personal vehicle. Please car pool. No digital cameras (including cell phone or PDA equipped devices) or recording devices are allowed in the building. Everyone will need appropriate footwear (closed toe and heel, no running shoes). Participants will be required to wear eye protection (we will lend) in certain areas.  | Unlimited    | 
4  |  
A sited tour of the new labs and buildings under construction at UOIT.  Hard hats and boots must be worn.  | 15    |