http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T20:30:35-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-06-22T15:36:51-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:p1?rev=1498171011 Part One: The First Decade: 1996-2005 Initiating the Paradigms in Physics Program The immediate impetus for reconsidering the curriculum was a new opportunity for majors that would require some to miss spring term. The department chair, however, encouraged thinking about broader issues. Important elements of the evolution of the Paradigms in Physics program included reorganizing the content and structure of the upper division curriculum, negotiating with administrators, designing a dedicated c… text/html 2017-06-22T15:41:27-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:p2?rev=1498171287 Part Two: The Second Decade: 2006-2015 Sustaining the Paradigms in Physics Program Sustaining the reformed curriculum required acculturating newly-hired faculty who would be teaching both content and pedagogy in ways different from their own physics learning experiences. When did these new faculty first learn about the Paradigms in Physics program? How did they make sense of what they were being asked to teach as they assumed responsibility for one of the paradigm or capstone courses? For tho… text/html 2017-07-23T02:03:43-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:p3?rev=1500800623 Part Three: Winter and Spring 2016 Re-envisioning the Paradigms in Physics Program Over the prior two decades, many changes had occurred as new faculty began teaching the upper-division courses, new technologies emerged, and new physics specialties became prominent in the current faculty’s research programs. Several long-standing issues as well as new challenges had become apparent. During winter and spring terms 2016, a small faculty committee surveyed current faculty and student perspectiv… text/html 2018-03-13T15:19:19-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:p4?rev=1520979559 Part Four: Summer and 2016-2017 Academic Year Implementing the New Plan After the physics faculty unanimously approved the recommendations of the Paradigms 2.0 committee near the end of spring term in 2016, the hard work began of putting those recommendations into practice. Needing immediate attention was submitting the required forms and information to the registrar to obtain university approval for these changes. Also of immediate concern was preparing for a faculty vote early in the fall o… text/html 2018-03-13T15:17:24-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:p5?rev=1520979444 Part Five: 2016-2017 Academic Year and Beyond Changing Instruction The changes to courses included eliminating the modern physics course, the second quarter of the electronics course, and the mathematical methods and classical mechanics capstone courses, reconfiguring the junior-year paradigms in physics courses from 9 three-week courses into 6 five-week courses, realigning the computational courses with the revised junior-level paradigms in physics courses, embedding mathematics instruction … text/html 2018-03-13T14:59:22-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/toolkit:start?rev=1520978362 Lessons Learned: The Paradigms in Physics Project at Oregon State University Paradigms 2.0: Rebooting an Established Upper Division Physics Reform Curriculum This study of the reboot process is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1323800 Supplement; PI: Corinne Manogue; lead author of this document: Emily van Zee