Introduction:
The second shadowing
session was a physics lab course that held in the Metropolia university. Mr.
Max Poppius was the professor of the class. It was a typical lab classroom
where there are some tables and many of physics tools. Also there were some
computers loaded with programs to be used in the lab experiments.
My personal
reflection:
Also this session was a
social workshop type of class where students are divided into groups. Each
group consists of about three to four students. They have to finish ten
experiments during the semester. So they come to the lab in a set time where
the professor attends also in case they need help with their experiments. The
professor role in this type of class is to work as an assistant who provides
help when ever is needed. The professor is considered to be as one of the
students since he doesn’t have to give any type of lesson in a behavioral way.
The interesting thing
about this session was the students have different physics majors, yet they
have to do the same experiments in the lab. So we as a group discussed this
matter with the professor who was very cooperative and helpful. He provided us
with a very nice explanation and he also gave his opinion about this type of
class. Normally, with each class of physics there is a lab to test some
experiments, but what happened in the Metropolia University as the professor
told us there is no labs for any course of the physics majors. But there is one
complete and separate class which our group attended called Physics lab. This
why the student's majors where different from one to another.
The professor told us
that he prefer s the old normal way where there is a lab for each different
major of physics. Also he prefers a pass or fail kind of grading, but he has to
give a grade of 1 to 5. He gave an explanation for this kind of course division
by the university. They think that the lab experiments if they not completed on
time may affect the students' grade, so the university decided to make a
separate course for all majors' experiments in different course which is called
as mention above Physics lab.
Interesting to hear, what you tell about the reorganization of physics labs (from labs in different physics courses to one separate lab course). What do you think, which way of organizing would be more effective when it comes to learning?
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I believe that having all different majors in one physics lab is kind of confusion. It means that students may misunderstand the main objective of their basic major. So I agree with the professor of the session that the old technique is better.
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