Dear Group,
Dear Friends,
This is a physics colloquium about the teaching philosophy of Eric Mazur. It
might be of general interest to both my lab, and my colleagues. I am
currently employing the method, and it is effective and a lot of fun.
Alan
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor
Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)-384-8188 |
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
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From: Eric Mazur <mazur(a)physics.harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Subject: Colloquium 9/28
To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com>
Dear Alan,
Just wanted to let you know that I'm giving the Physics Colloquium on
education next Monday (Sep 28). The title of my presentation is "Confessions
of a converted lecturer," and an abstract is appended below. The colloquium
is at 4:15 pm in Jefferson 250. Tea is served in the Jefferson library
starting at 3:30 pm.
I hope you can come. Please feel free to circulate this message to
colleagues who might be interested in hearing about my teaching philosophy
and the data that brought me to change my approach to lecturing.
Hope to see you on Monday!
Eric
*Eric Mazur*
Balkanski Professor of Physics
and of Applied Physics
Harvard University
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Confessions of a converted lecturer
Jefferson 250
September 28, 2009 4:15 pm
I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just
memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who
was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the
agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my
teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my
approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance
significantly.