A Collaboration Between University and High School in Preparing Physics Teachers: Chicago State University's Teacher Immersion Institute

Sabella, Mel; Duzor, Van; Passehl, Jennie; Weisenburger, Kara

doi:10.1119/1.3703548

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“…For example, at CSU, because of the strong ties to local high school teachers and to a local community, the CSU pedagogy course is led by two Chicago area high school teachers and incorporates a teaching episode that is implemented in either a high school or a college setting [5,6]. CSU primarily serves the population from the Southside of Chicago and this collective local knowledge is leveraged in our LA Program.…”

Section: A Motivation For This Work In the Urban Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leveraging the expertise of the urban STEM student in developing an effective LA Program: LA and Instructor Partnerships

Sabella¹,

Duzor²,

Davenport³

2016

2016 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings

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A key component to the success of the Learning Assistant (LA) Model is the relationship that forms between LAs and faculty members. These relationships can enhance the effectiveness of the model by leveraging the expertise of the LAs and placing LAs in leadership roles where they can co-think and codesign activities and lessons with faculty, as well as provide insights to faculty about the students in the class and the learning environment. Interviews with LAs and faculty members, in addition to video from weekly preparation sessions, illustrate the different types of partnerships that can evolve between LAs and faculty and help us understand the roles different factors play in these partnerships. We contrast three different types of partnerships between LAs and faculty that exist along a continuum: mentor-mentee, faculty-driven collaboration, and collaborative. This data highlights the importance and the benefits of being attentive to these partnerships in developing a robust and effective LA Program.

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Section: A Motivation For This Work In the Urban Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%