CANCELLED. Communities of Practice in Brazil: An Ethnographic Study of Changes to University Physics Instruction
Type:
Colloquium
Date/Time:
2007-03-01 15:00
Location:
Weniger 304
Event speaker:
Dr. Jose Acacio de Barros, Institute for Exact Sciences, Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
Title:
CANCELLED. Communities of Practice in Brazil: An Ethnographic Study of Changes to University Physics Instruction
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Abstract
CANCELLED.In this
talk I examine the impact of bringing instructional methods and models
developed in the U.S. to an Introductory Physics course at a Brazilian
university. Using participant observation, interviews, and
questionnaires, we investigated the influence of cultural context on
the effectiveness of teaching. I describe student responses to
instructional approaches that were designed to change their
epistemologies, interactions, and sense of responsibility for learning.