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episode 44: The Investigative Science Learning Environment with Eugenia Etkina
ISLE, the Investigative Science Learning Environment, is an intentional holistic learning environment for physics. It addresses two main goals: to help students learn physics by engaging them in the processes that mirror scientific practice and to improve their well-being while they are learning physics. Eugenia Etkina started this approach nearly 40 years ago and has been an ardent teacher educator in the years since. This interview with Eugenia provides the educational philosophy behind ISLE, specific examples of how the approach works, and the support network that can get you started.
Show notes: www.physicsalive.com/ISLE
Learn more about Eugenia and her work:
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www.islephysics.net
- Eugenia's faculty page
You can email Eugenia at:
- eugenia.etkina@gse.rutgers.edu
ISLE website:
- www.islephysics.net
- Adopting the ISLE approach
Join the Facebook group -- Exploring and Applying Physics
ISLE resource page on PhysPort
- https://www.physport.org/methods/method.cfm?G=ISLE
ISLE Implementation Guide on PhysPort
- https://www.physport.org/methods/Section.cfm?G=ISLE&S=What
Articles:
- 2020 - Implementing an epistemologically authentic approach to student-centered inquiry learning
- 2015 – Eugenia’s Millikan Lecture
- 2007 – ISLE guide, a chapter from “Research-Based Reform of University Physics”