Peer Instruction Methods for Teaching in Satellite Engineering Dr. Vaios Lappas Lecturer in Space Vehicle Control SCEPTrE Fellow Surrey Space Centre FEPS Email: v.lappas@surrey.ac.uk
The Art of of Teaching Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing. Albert Einstein
SCEPTrE Fellowship SCEPTrE: Becoming a Better Teacher PGCAP: The Beginning SCEPTrE: Becoming a Better Teacher SCEPTrE: Education and Leadership Enquiry Based Learning: ‘Hands-On’ Teaching Enquiry through Peer Instruction can produce a measurable improvement in teaching and student understanding
Enquiry for Teaching and Learning Enquiry for Teaching and Learning: To bring a creative, motivational and effective level of understanding to solve complex problems through collaboration and ‘hands on’ teaching and learning Teachers need to: Be creative, enhancing the learning process Be motivational, inspire, attract student attention Be effective, a lot of complex material to be taught and learned in a short time… Can Enquiry help us make a difference?
Peer Instruction: E. Mazur July 15-27 and December 1-7 visits to Harvard, Study Enquiry, Complex Learning Seminar at Surrey, March 7, 2008
‘Hands-on’ Satellite Simulator
ConcepTest Scores Before and After Discussion
Feedback Scores-Teaching Average (2007): 4.67/5.0, Sample of 100 Students Average in past years (2002-2006): 4.0-4.3, Sample of 362 Students
SCEPTrE Fellowship Outcomes Peer Instruction methodologies for teaching Satellite Engineering Lecturing Material Measurable improvement in teaching and student understanding Journal papers: IEEE Journal of Education Research Collaboration with the Harvard Education Group Appointed Research Fellow at Harvard University Prof. Mazur Seminar, March 7, 2008 Working towards a Certificate in Education and Leadership at the MIT Sloan Business School Short Course in Complex Problem Solving