AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers

AAPT Member Spotlight

Meet Erik

My journey to becoming a community college physics instructor began with a positive experience as a teaching assistant for Kenneth Krane at Oregon State University. Krane was influenced by the work of Lillian McDermott; we used her Tutorials in Introductory Physics for our recitations. I learned that the still common "sage on the stage" model of instruction was ineffective. And he emphasized the importance of the AAPT, whose publications and meetings (both national and local) I have found incredibly useful. My reading of Mazur's Peer Instruction and Arons' Teaching Introductory Physics early in my career also influenced my teaching.

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