Vol. 61, No. 2 March / April 2005 mars / avril 2005

  PHYSICS EDUCATION IN CANADA
L'ENSEIGNEMENT DE LA PHYSIQUE AU CANADA

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FRONT COVER / PAGE COUVERTURE

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The collage of cover photographs shows Canadian university students engaged in hands-on and minds-on physics learning as promoted by the articles in this special issue on physics education. The photographs illustrate various physics teaching environments at Mount Allison University (numbered clockwise from top right, photographs 1, 3, 4, and 5) and the University of Guelph (2 and 6). Images are used courtesy of the photographers (1, 3, and 5 by Sue Seaborn; 2 by Joanne O'Meara; and 4 by Bob Hawkes) and permission for the use of photograph 6 was granted by the College of Physical and Engineering Science and the University of Guelph. Le montage des photographies de la couverture montre des étudiants universitaires canadiens main à la pâte dans un cours de physique tel que préconisé par les articles de cette édition spéciale sur l'enseignement de la physique. Les photographies illustrent divers environnements d'enseignement de la physique à l'Université Mount Allison (numérotées dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre à partir de la première en haut à droite, photographies 1, 3, 4 et 5) et de l'Université de Guelph (2 et 6). Ces photographies sont une courtoisie des photographes (1, 3 et 5 prises par Sue Seaborn; 2 prise par Joanne O'Meara; et 4 prise par Bob Hawkes); la permission d'utiliser la photographie 6 a été accordée par le College of Physical and Engineering Science de l'Université de Guelph.

CONTENTS / CONTIENTS

• Foreword: Physics Education in Canada
  Préface : L'enseignement de la physique au Canada,
  by/par J. O'Meara and R. Hawkes, Honorary Editors/Rédacteurs honoraires

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FEATURE ARTICLES / ARTICLES DE FOND

Peer Learning in the Large-Lecture Setting , by/par A.J. Slavin, Trent University

What About Software to Tutor Physics Students in Canada? , by/par H. Laue, University of Calgary

Collaborative Modes of Undergraduate Physics Teaching , by/par P.J. Williams, Acadia U.; and P.K. Varma and R.L. Hawkes, Mount Allison U.

Using Demonstrations in Teaching Physics , by/par E.L. McFarland, University of Guelph

The Importance of Networking in Physics Education: Multiple heads are better than one , by/par M. Nantel, Photonics Research Ontario

Learning Opportunities Outside the Classroom , by/par R. Brooks and H. Graves-Smith, Canada Science and Technology Museum

Diversifying Physics Education for Diverse Physicists , by/par A.C. Rowat, U. of Southern Denmark

Teaching Physics to a Non-Physics Audience - Three personal perspectives , by/par S.P. Goldman, UWO; F.R. Hallett, U.Guelph; and W.E. Harris, McMaster U.

Survey of Canadian Physics Undergraduates / Sondage sur les étudiants de premier cycle en physique au Canada , by/par J.M. O'Meara, U. Guelph and H. Hébert, INRS

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DEPARTMENTS / RUBRIQUES

Calendar / Calendrier

Books Received / Livres reçus - Book Reviews / Critiques des livres

Institutional, Sustaining, and Corporate Members / Membres institutionnels, de soutien, et corporatifs

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