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  Session: Science, Society and Outreach
  Paper Type: Contributed
  Title: Physics Innovation for Global Learning and Leadership Development Curriculum
  Meeting: 2018 Summer Meeting: Washington, DC
  Location: N/A
  Date:
  Time: 3:00PM
  Author: Nicole L. Ackerman,, Agnes Scott College,
4044715627, nackerman@agnesscott.edu
  Co-Author(s): Amy J. Lovell,, Chris G. De Pree,
  Abstract: For the last three years, Agnes Scott College's SUMMIT curriculum has emphasized leadership development and global learning. The Physics and Astronomy Department has enthusiastically participated through transforming courses, creating new courses, and offering extracurricular programming. Part of the curricular change removed the laboratory science general education requirement, so our departmental role in the college has needed to dramatically shift. We have redesigned Calculus-Based Intro Physics and Intro Astronomy to focus on teamwork (a leadership skill) and have focused Practical Electronics and Intro to Python on digital literacy (a leadership skill). On the Global Learning side, we created a studio-approach general education course on Global Music and Physics and lead first-year students on a trip to the Arctic to study climate and energy sustainability. We also are teaching in the core first-year leadership and global classes, as well as the senior portfolio capstone. Throughout this process we have created new leadership experiences for students and redesigned the physics major to better facilitate study abroad. Connecting physics and astronomy to leadership development and global learning has been an enriching experience and this talk may inspire you to see ways the physics curriculum can serve wider general education and career development goals.
  Footnotes: None
  Presentation: sm2018_BMB04_ackerman_aapt_SM2018.pdf

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