Transcript ASPEN-Asian Physics Education Network •Alex Mazzolini (Australia) Chair & •Dr JJ (Malaysia) Deputy Chair ICPE 2007, Marrakech, Morocco Nov 11th -16th , 2007 Voice:+6019-355-1621; [email protected];http://drjj.uitm.edu.my http://drjj.uitm.edu.my/DRJJ/ASPEN_WEBSITE/index.htm Asian Physics.

ASPEN-Asian Physics Education Network
•Alex Mazzolini (Australia) Chair &
•Dr JJ (Malaysia) Deputy Chair
ICPE 2007, Marrakech, Morocco
Nov 11th -16th , 2007
Voice:+6019-355-1621;
[email protected];http://drjj.uitm.edu.my
http://drjj.uitm.edu.my/DRJJ/ASPEN_WEBSITE/index.htm
Asian Physics Education Network
Introduction to ASPEN
(Asian Physics Education Network)
• ASPEN established 1981
– Recommendation of UNESCO Consultative Committee Meeting
held in Khon Kaen, Thailand
– Representatives from 10 countries from the Asia-Pacific region.
Afghanistan, Australia, People's Republic of China, India,
Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, USSR and Thailand
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How it started…
• Thailand (elected as Chair), Australia, People's Republic of
China, India, Indonesia. Malaysia (elected as the Executive
Secretary), UNESCO and COSTED. The Secretariat was
located at The National University of Malaysia.
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Why ASPEN??..
The objectives of ASPEN are:
a) to contribute towards efforts in promoting the overall development
of university physics education in the Asian region;
b) to establish a program of cooperation amongst members in
university physics education and related areas;
c) to establish effective channels of communication in physics
education and related areas; and
d) to disseminate information on physics education and related areas.
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ASPEN Activities
a) Organize and sponsor conferences, symposiums, seminars,
workshops and meetings on topics associated with university physics
education.
b) Support collaborative and cooperative programs of activities between
institutions.
c) Support programs or exchange of visits between individuals from
different institutions.
d) Support research and development programs in university physics
education.
e) Publication of reports, proceedings, newsletters or journals associated
with university physics education and related areas.
f) Engaging in other activities that foster the objectives of ASPEN.
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ASPEN Membership
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Admitted through the appointment of National Points-of-Contact of
countries in the Asian region by the ASPEN Coordination Board.
The nomination of any National Point-of-Contact, hereafter referred to
as the 'NPC", shall normally be made by UNESCO's National
Commission of the said NPC's country.
The ASPEN Coordination Board may seek other nominations through
the Executive Secretary.
Any country shall only be represented by one NPC. The term of office
of an NPC normally shall be for five years.
Any NPC may withdraw membership of ASPEN by giving a written
notice to the Executive Secretary. In
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ASPEN:
The Early Years
• Focus on improving communication between physics educators in the AsiaPacific region
• Education conferences on discussing physics curricula, teaching
techniques, lecture demonstrations, laboratory work, etc.
• Produced simple educational material
for free distribution to physics teachers
in developing Asia (eg Lecture Demo Video Clips CD)
• Examples of co-hosting or co-organising
– MITAPE conference in the Philippines
– Interactive Learning Workshop in Vietnam.
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•Active Learning Workshop was held in Vientiane,
Laos, 2003.
•ASPEN was represented at the PC conference,
Kagoshima, and the Association of Science
Curriculum Workshop in Tokyo, Japan, 2003. Dr.
Alex Mazzolini presented a paper.
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• Active Learning Workshop on Physics Education in
Karachi, Pakistan (24th – 29th November 2004).
Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake (Sri Lanka), Dr. Pratibha
Jolly (India) and Prof. A. Rahman Omar (Malaysia)
made presentations.
Organiser: Dr. Fatima Hasnain
Several ASPEN members actively participated and
made presentations at the ICPE conference held in
New Delhi, 21-26 August 2005; ASPEN Committee
meeting was held to discuss future activities.
Organiser: Dr. Pratibha Jolly
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• Active participation by several ASPEN Committee
members in the World Conference on Physics and
Sustainable Development in Durban, South Africa,
31 Oct.-02 Nov. 2005;
Presented a paper entitled “The Role of ASPEN in
Promoting Physics Edutational Reforms in Asia”.
Contributed as a member of the Physics Education
Programme Committee.
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• Active Learning Workshop on Physics Education at
Kagawa University, Takematsu, Japan (9th –12th August
2006).
Organiser: Prof. Hiroshi Kawakatsu, NPC, Japan
Active participation by several ASPEN Committee
members in the International Conference on Physics
Education (ICPE), Tokyo, Japan, 13-18 August 2006.
ASPEN members made presentations on Active Learning
Techniques in Physics Teaching.
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• Active Learning in Optics & Photonics Workshop at the
Miranda House, Univ of New Delhi Nov 2006
• A week long workshop for NPC’s & few others to train
more resource people in ALOP
• Sponsored by UNESCO Paris & Miranda House
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5th General Assembly and the Active Learning Workshop
on Sustaining the Gains in Promoting the Active
Learning Method in Teaching Physics, 22-26 October
2007; Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.
Organiser: Dr. Ivan Culaba, NPC, Philippines.
Several ASPEN NPCs participated actively as resource
persons and participants at the Active Learning
Workshop on Optics and Photonics organized by the
UNESCO and held in New Delhi, 6-11 November 2006.
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• Other ASPEN Activities:
“Virtual Physics” Lecture Demonstration Video
Clips Vol. 1, PC/MAC CD-ROM, containing 25
high resolution video clips, 2002.
Compiled and produced by Dr. Alex Mazzolini,
Executive Secretary, ASPEN.
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Among the important activities that had been planned to
be implemented during the last five years but could not be
achieved are:
• Maintaining the ASPEN website and updating it regularly;
• Organising ALWs in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Thailand;
• Form a more coherent group of Resource persons for
conducting ALWs;
• Developing an ASPEN Trainers Manual;
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ASPEN-Activities in Malaysia
• Co-hosted
– General Assembly & Conference/Workshop in 1997
• Khalijah, Priscilla, Dean Zollman, Ian Johnston, (the Haze)
– Local Conference & workshop
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2002 (Focus more on skills)
2004 (Focus more on skills)
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ASPEN:
A New Direction
• American National Science Foundation Chautauqua Workshop
"Promoting Active Learning in Introductory Physics Courses"
– Profs Priscilla Laws, David Sokoloff and Ron Thornton
• January 1999, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
• International Active Learning Workshop with 10 participants
from ASPEN countries (supported by UNESCO)
• After Chautauqua, ASPEN activities have mostly been
centered around hands-on Active Learning Workshops.
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ASPEN Active Learning
Workshops (ALWs)
• Laos, Vietnam, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and
Philippines
• ALWs mainly focused on Mechanics and Electronics
• Adapt AL strategies for the developing countries of Asia
– Culture
(eg saving face, authority figures etc.)
– Resources
(equipment, local resource people etc)
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New ASPEN Coordination
Board Team (2007-2012)
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Alex Mazzolini (Australia) Chair
Jaafar “JJ” Jantan (Malaysia) Vice Chair
Boonchoat “P15” Paosawatyanyong (Thailand) Exec. Sec.
Pratibha Jolly (India) Coordination Board Member
Horoshi Kawakatsu (Japan) Coordination Board Member
Sultana Shafee (Bangladesh) Coordination Board Member
Jin Seung Kim (South Korea) Coordination Board Member
Lakshman Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) Immediate Past Chair
(Co-opted onto the Board to assist continuity)
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ASPEN:
The Next Five Years
• Minimum Goals:
– Encourage the establishment of 2-3 Science/Physics Education
Centres in the Asian region which can be used for ASPEN activities
such as ALWs
– Aim to coordinate at least one regional/local workshop activity per year
(using local resource people wherever possible)
– Aim to train at least one local AL resource person per year
• Already several proposals are being prepared to host ASPEN
activities for next year
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ASPEN’s Experience with ALWs
• Active Learning Workshops can inspire physics
teachers to try new and innovative studentcentred teaching methods
• But a lot of work now needs to be done to
deciding how best to sustain and extend Active
Learning in the Asian context
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