Course objective
To obtain insights in teaching and didactical aspects of physics concepts and/or physics laboratory experiments.


Course content
A Physics Education Project (PEP) offers students the opportunity to learn something about teaching and didactics from a practical mindset. It is more than teaching tutorials or a laboratory course but it is possible to link a physics education project to a TA position.

A PEP should be linked to any physics (undergraduate) course offered at UvA, VU or AUC. In consultation with the coordinator and/or teaching staff of a particular course and the teaching staff of the PEP (David Fokkema, Jonas Veenstra and/or Gerrit Kuik) a project should be defined, which should (a) address needs of the course concerned and its teaching staff, and (b) contain a didactical research component.

For some projects implementation could include some teaching (e.g. to try out educational materials developed), but this is not necessarily the case. Sometimes (particularly with laboratory courses) it will be convenient to become a teaching assistant, which makes it easier to test project outcomes in practice. Educational materials that are developed under projects must be tested with students, evaluated and revised.

At the start of the project it is the student's responsibility to define the project description. During the implementation of the project weekly meetings will be held with a PEP teaching staff member and with the courses teaching staff as needed.

Here a number of PEPs done by students are presented.

For further information please contact Gerrit Kuik.


Form of tuition
Coaching of students is offered through individual meetings on a weekly basis with a PEP teaching staff member and in addition upon request of the students. Meetings with course staff members will be scheduled as needed.


Type of assessment
Assessment is based on the educational materials developed and a final report with the reflection of the PEP.


Course reading
For background reading regarding learning and teaching papers will be made available in addition to the book Leren (en) doceren in het hoger onderwijs by A.J. Kallenberg e.a., ISBN-13: 9789051894882.


Entry requirements
None.


Target group
MSc P&A, mMNS