Reimagine Physics Teaching: A workshop designed to sparkle exchanges and creativity

¹ Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, 91127 Palaiseau, France
² Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, 91127 Palaiseau, France
³ Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, “La Physique Autrement”, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, 91405 Orsay, France
⁴ Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Villebon Georges Charpak, 91405 Orsay, France

^* Corresponding author: benjamin.vest@institutoptique.fr

Abstract

The “Reimagine physics teaching” workshop was held during two weeks at the Institut Pascal, From May 2^Nd to May 12^th, 2022. It gathered more than 35 participants from various countries including educators, faculty and designers. This program aimed at experimenting new ways of sharing current innovative practices and collectively designing new pedagogical activities in a restricted amount of time. It provided a framework to stimulate reflective thinking about pedagogical practices and how to disseminate them. In this report, we first present the scope, organization, schedule and range of activities held during the workshop, and we provide a brief overview of some of the outcomes of the workshop. In a second part, we discuss the impacts of this workshop, and we focus more specifically on how some elements in the format and organization of this workshop provided a favorable environment for the participants to rapidly and efficiently engage in productive activities centered around innovation in pedagogical practices.