Workshop on active learning: two examples

Zohra Ben Lakhdar; Souad Lahmar; Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

doi:10.1117/12.2070726

17 July 2014 Workshop on active learning: two examples

Zohra Ben Lakhdar, Souad Lahmar, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 928929 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070726
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal

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Optics is an enabling science that has far ranging importance in many diverse fields. However, many students do not find it to be of great interest. A solution to this problem is to train teachers in active learning methodologies so that the subject matter can be presented to generate student interest. We describe a workshop to present an example of an active learning process in Optics developed for training of teachers in developing countries (a UNESCO project) and will focus on 2 two different activities: 1. Interference and diffraction is considered by students as being very hard to understand and is taught in most developing countries as purely theoretical with almost no experiments. Simple experiments to enhance the conceptual understanding of these wave phenomena will be presented and 2. Image formation by the eye. Here we will discuss myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism as well as accommodation. In this module we will discuss image. The objective of the workshop will be to provide an experience of the use of the active learning method in optics including the use of experiments, mind’s on and hands-on exercises, group and class discussions

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Zohra Ben Lakhdar, Souad Lahmar, and Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan "Workshop on active learning: two examples", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 928929 (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070726

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